Shloka 16
Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
मर्त्यलोके परा प्रीतिर्भवतोः केन पुत्रकौ ।
सहेति पप्रच्छ पिता तावुभौ नागदारकौ ॥
martyaloke parā prītir bhavatoḥ kena putrakau |
saheti papraccha pitā tāv ubhau nāga-dārakau ||
“मर्त्यलोकी, अरे माझ्या पुत्रांनो, तुम्हा दोघांना असा अद्भुत स्नेह कोणामुळे प्राप्त झाला?”—असे म्हणत पित्याने त्या दोन तरुण नागांना विचारले।
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FAQs
The verse sets up discernment: elders question the causes of intense attachments, especially when they lead one away from one’s proper sphere (nāga youths drawn to the human realm).
Ākhyāna/Upākhyāna (didactic story) rather than a pancalakṣaṇa core topic.
‘Martya-loka’ symbolizes the field of change and desire; the father’s question is the awakening of viveka (discrimination) toward what binds consciousness to transient realms.