Shloka 28
Adhyaya 21 — Kuvalayashva’s Descent to Patala and the Rescue of Madalasa
स्त्र्युवाच—
विश्वावसुरिति ख्यातो दिवि गन्धर्वराट् प्रभो ।
तस्येयमात्मजा सुभ्रूर् नाम्नरा ख्याता मदालसा ॥
stry uvāca viśvāvasur iti khyāto divi gandharvarāṭ prabho / tasyeyam ātmajā subhrūr nāmnarā khyātā madālasā
ਉਹ ਇਸਤਰੀ ਬੋਲੀ—ਹੇ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ, ਸਵਰਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਗੰਧਰਵਾਂ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਰਾਜਾ ਵਿਸ਼ਵਾਵਸੁ ਨਾਮ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਸੁਭ੍ਰੂ ਧੀ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਮਦਾਲਸਾ ਨਾਮ ਨਾਲ ਵਿਖਿਆਤ ਹੈ।
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FAQs
Identity and lineage are presented as morally relevant context in Purāṇic narrative—knowing ‘who’ someone is frames duty (rakṣaṇa/protection), alliance, and rightful conduct.
Touches vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita in miniature (identifying a celestial lineage), embedded within an ākhyāna.
Gandharvas often symbolize refined sensory/aesthetic realms; the named descent from Viśvāvasu hints at a ‘celestial’ origin now entangled in asuric darkness—an allegory of higher nature endangered by tamas.