Adhyaya 24 — Kuvalayashva’s Refusal of Gifts and the Vision of Madalasa’s Maya
तथाप्यवश्यं मद्गेहमागतॆन त्वयाधुना ।
ग्राह्यं यन्मानुषे लोके दुष्प्राप्तं भवतो मतम् ॥
tathāpy avaśyaṃ mad-geham āgatena tvayādhunā / grāhyaṃ yan mānuṣe loke duṣprāptaṃ bhavato matam
Namun demikian, kerana engkau kini telah datang ke rumahku, engkau mesti menerima sesuatu—apa yang engkau anggap sukar diperoleh dalam alam manusia.
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Hospitality carries a dharmic insistence: a guest should not leave empty-handed, and the host seeks to honor the guest’s perceived need.
Social-dharma instruction within narrative; not pancalakṣaṇa.
The ‘difficult-to-obtain’ gift motif externalizes an inner test: whether the seeker will choose transient rarity or lasting dharmic saṃskāra.