Shloka 17
Adhyaya 71 — The King’s Remorse and the Sage’s Counsel on the Necessity of a Wife
ऋषिरुवाच पाताले नागराजोऽस्ति प्रख्यातश्च कपोतकः ।
तेन दृष्टा त्वया त्यक्ता भ्रममाणा महावने ॥
ṛṣir uvāca pātāle nāgarājo 'sti prakhyātaś ca kapotakaḥ / tena dṛṣṭā tvayā tyaktā bhramamāṇā mahāvane
Sang resi berkata: Di Pātāla terdapat seorang raja ular yang masyhur bernama Kapotaka. Dia melihat gadis muda yang telah tuanku tinggalkan, sedang mengembara di rimba besar.
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FAQs
Neglect and abandonment of one’s responsibilities toward another being become causal links in later suffering; the narrative frames present misfortune as ripening from earlier acts and omissions.
Primarily within Vaṃśānucarita/Carita (narrative of persons and events) rather than Sarga/Pratisarga/Manvantara; it is an etiological story explaining a current condition.
Pātāla and Nāgas often symbolize hidden forces and subterranean karmic residues; what is ‘left behind’ in the forest (unresolved duty) is ‘taken up’ by deeper, unseen agencies.