Shloka 27
Adhyaya 22 — Kuvalayashva’s Death through Daitya-Deceit and Madalasa’s Self-Immolation
राजा च तां मृतां दृष्ट्वा विना भर्त्रा मदालसाम् ।
प्रत्युवाच जनं सर्वं विमृश्य सुस्थमानसः ॥
rājā ca tāṃ mṛtāṃ dṛṣṭvā vinā bhartrā madālasām /
pratyuvāca janaṃ sarvaṃ vimṛśya susthamānasaḥ
तदा राजा मादालसां पतिविहीनां मृतां दृष्ट्वा, स्थिरचित्तः सम्यक् विचार्य, सर्वेभ्यः प्रजाभ्यः प्रत्युवाच।
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FAQs
The ideal response to calamity is reflection leading to steadiness, not impulsive despair. The king models dhairya (fortitude) and prepares to teach anityatā.
Didactic royal narrative (vaṃśānucarita-type), functioning as an ethical instruction segment.
The ‘king’ symbolizes the buddhi (higher intellect). When buddhi is ‘steady,’ it can address and pacify the ‘people’ (sense-mind complex).