Shloka 40
Adhyaya 24 — Kuvalayashva’s Refusal of Gifts and the Vision of Madalasa’s Maya
अहो स्नेहोऽस्य नृपतेर्ममोपऱ्यचलं मनः ।
येनायं पातनोऽरीणां विना शस्त्रेण पातितः ॥
aho sneho ’sya nṛpater mamopary acalaṃ manaḥ |
yenāyaṃ pātano ’rīṇāṃ vinā śastreṇa pātitaḥ ||
अहो—एषा मयि राज्ञोऽस्य प्रीतिरेवम्; अस्य ध्रुवं मनो मय्येव निबद्धम्, येनासौ ‘शत्रुपातकः’ शस्त्रवर्जित एव पातितः।
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FAQs
Even a powerful ruler can be defeated by inner vulnerability; unchecked attachment is more potent than external weapons.
Moral instruction embedded in narrative (ākhyāna); not a primary pancalakṣaṇa segment.
‘Weaponless defeat’ points to kleśas (desire/attachment) as subtle forces that overthrow the mind without visible cause.