Shloka 23
Adhyaya 22 — Kuvalayashva’s Death through Daitya-Deceit and Madalasa’s Self-Immolation
पुत्रावूचतुः इत्युक्त्वोत्सृज्य दत्त्वा भूमौ स जगाम यथागतम् ।
निपपात जनः सोऽथ शोकार्तो मूर्च्छयातुरः ॥
putrāv ūcatuḥ ity uktvotsṛjya dattvā bhūmau sa jagāma yathāgatam /
nipapāta janaḥ so 'tha śokārto mūrcchayā'turaḥ
ଏପରି କହି ସେଇ ଦୁଇ ପୁତ୍ର ହାରଟି ଛାଡ଼ି ଭୂମିରେ ରଖି, ଯେପରି ଆସିଥିଲେ ସେପରି ଚାଲିଗଲେ। ତାପରେ ଶୋକାକ୍ରାନ୍ତ ଓ ମୂର୍ଛାପୀଡିତ ଲୋକେ ପଡ଼ିଗଲେ।
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FAQs
Even when wisdom is presented, the untrained mind initially reacts with overwhelming grief. The narrative realistically shows the gap between hearing renunciatory counsel and embodying it.
Didactic narrative (vaṃśānucarita-type exemplum), not a cosmological/manvantara unit.
The ascetic’s departure ‘as he came’ suggests the guru-like figure is not to be clung to; the teaching remains, but forms vanish. The swoon indicates prāṇa disturbance under intense rāga (attachment).