Shloka 48
Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
ततोऽम्बरतलात् सद्यः पतितोऽयं तुरङ्गमः ।
वाक् चाशरीरिणी प्राह नरनाथ शृणुष्व ताम् ॥
tato 'mbaratalāt sadyaḥ patito 'yaṃ turaṅgamaḥ | vāk cāśarīriṇī prāha naranātha śṛṇuṣva tām ||
ततः सद्य एव स अश्वः खस्य पृष्ठात् पतितः। अथाशरीरा वाणी प्रोवाच— “हे नराधिप, शृणु तत्।”
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FAQs
When dharma is threatened, providential support may arise, but it still requires the king’s attentive response. The voice commands listening—implying disciplined receptivity precedes effective action.
Ākhyāna with miraculous intervention; not sarga/pratisarga, but a dharma-supporting narrative that motivates righteous action.
The ‘bodiless voice’ can signify inner intuition (antarvāk) or dharma’s prompt arising in consciousness; the sky-descent marks a higher (daiva) origin of the means for swift right action.