Shloka 14
Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
विना ताभ्यां न बुभुजे न सस्त्रौ न पपौ मधु ।
न रराम न जग्राह शास्त्राण्यात्मगुणर्धये ॥
vinā tābhyāṃ na bubhuje na sastrau na papau madhu |
na rarāma na jagrāha śāstrāṇy ātma-guṇardhaye ||
तयोर्विना न भुङ्क्ते, न वासो धारयति न शस्त्रं बध्नाति, न मद्यं पिबति; न रमते, न च स्वगुणवृद्धये शास्त्राण्यध्यैति।
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FAQs
Even good association can become bondage when it turns into dependence: separation leads to collapse of routine, pleasures, and even dharmic self-improvement (study). The implied counsel is balance—saṅga should support svadharma, not replace it.
Ākhyāna/Upākhyāna illustrating dharma through character psychology; ancillary to the Purāṇic aim of instruction rather than a pancalakṣaṇa core item here.
The mind that externalizes its happiness becomes inert when the object is absent; the verse dramatizes how rajas/tamas surge when the inner locus of contentment is not cultivated.