Shloka 11
Adhyaya 13 — The Son’s Account of Hell and the Question of Unseen Sin
विपश्चिदिति विख्यातो जनकानामहं कुले ।
जातो विदेहविषये सम्यङ्मनुजपालकः ॥
vipaścid iti vikhyāto janakānām ahaṃ kule | jāto videhaviṣaye samyaṅ-manuja-pālakaḥ
मी ‘विपश्चित्’ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध आहे; विदेह देशातील जनकवंशात जन्मलेला, जो राजा प्रजांचे योग्य रीतीने संरक्षण करीत असे.
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FAQs
Social status and fame do not exempt one from karmic scrutiny; even an exemplary ruler must account for specific lapses, if any.
Touches Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita through dynastic identification (Janaka lineage), while serving an ethical narrative purpose.
‘Vipaścit’ (the discerning) in hell creates a deliberate paradox: discernment must be applied not only in governance but in subtle ethical domains (intention, omission, hidden harm).