Shloka 41
Adhyaya 22 — Kuvalayashva’s Death through Daitya-Deceit and Madalasa’s Self-Immolation
मातोवाच न मे मात्रा न मे स्वस्त्रा प्राप्ता प्रीतिर्नृपेदृशी ।
श्रुत्वा मुनिपरित्राणे हतं पुत्रं यथा मया ॥
mātovāca na me mātrā na me svastrā prāptā prītir nṛpa edṛśī |
śrutvā muni-paritrāṇe hataṃ putraṃ yathā mayā ||
“Ibu itu berkata: ‘Wahai raja, tidak pernah aku memperoleh kegembiraan seperti ini daripada menjadi seorang ibu, mahupun daripada menjadi seorang saudari, sebagaimana ketika aku mendengar bahawa anak lelakiku terbunuh ketika melindungi seorang resi.’”
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FAQs
The verse teaches a hierarchy of values: the highest ‘joy’ is not biological or social identity, but participation—through one’s kin—in the protection of spiritual authority (muni), i.e., dharma itself.
Didactic narrative reinforcing dharma (ācāra) rather than cosmological/genealogical pañcalakṣaṇa elements.
The ‘muni’ symbolizes inner silence and wisdom; protecting the muni can signify safeguarding contemplative clarity against the ‘battle’ of passions, even at the cost of egoic attachments.