Shloka 35
Adhyaya 24 — Kuvalayashva’s Refusal of Gifts and the Vision of Madalasa’s Maya
जड उवाच आनयामास नागेन्द्रो गृहगुप्तां मदालसाम् ।
तेषां सम्मोहनार्थाय ज्जल्प च ततः स्फुटम् ॥
jaḍa uvāca ānayāmāsa nāgendro gṛhaguptāṃ madālasām / teṣāṃ saṃmohanārthāya jjalpa ca tataḥ sphuṭam
जड उवाच—नागनाथो गृहे निहितां गूढां मदालसामानीय, तेषां मोहनार्थं स्पष्टं वचोऽब्रवीत्।
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FAQs
The verse distinguishes ‘clear speech’ from ‘true speech’: even lucid words can be instruments of delusion when the intent is saṃmohana. Hence, dharma requires examining intention and consequence, not merely eloquence.
Ānucarita: narrative action setting up a test of recognition and truth.
‘Hidden in the house’ suggests the mind’s inner chamber where images are stored; the nāga ‘brings out’ a form—like subconscious content surfacing—then labels it persuasively to bind the witness.