Shloka 32
Adhyaya 26 — Madālasa Names Alarka and Reorients Him Toward Kshatriya Duty
वयोभिः कृमिकीडैश्च नर एवोपजीव्यते ।
तस्मात् तन्वङ्गि ! पुत्रं यत्कार्यं क्षत्रयोनिभिः ॥
vayobhiḥ kṛmi-kīṭaiś ca nara evopajīvyate / tasmāt tanvaṅgi! putraṃ yat kāryaṃ kṣatra-yonibhiḥ //
मनुष्य पक्षी तसेच कृमी-कीटक यांच्या आधारानेही जगतो. म्हणून, हे सुकुमार-अंगी, क्षत्रियजातींनी पुत्रविषयी जे कर्तव्य करावे ते कर।
FAQs
Because human life is sustained by countless beings, one must repay through dharmic conduct—especially by ensuring responsible succession in a ruling line that protects the social fabric.
Anucarita/dharma instruction; not a formal cosmogenesis/manvantara passage.
Birds and insects represent the ‘microcosmic supports’ of embodiment. The teaching implies humility: even rulers depend on the smallest lives; thus power must be tempered by duty and reciprocity.