Shloka 8

Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)

Sanskrit

तं बुबोधयिषुः सोऽथ चिरं ध्यात्वा महीपतिः ।

तद्वैरिसंश्रयं तस्य श्रेयोऽमन्यत भूपतेः ॥

Transliteration

taṃ bubodhayīṣuḥ so 'tha ciraṃ dhyātvā mahīpatiḥ |

tad-vairi-saṃśrayaṃ tasya śreyo 'manyata bhūpateḥ ||

Translation

तं प्रबोधयितुमिच्छन् स दीर्घकालं चिन्तयामास; तस्य राज्ञो हितमिति मन्यमानः शत्रुशरणगमनाय तं निनाय, वैरिपीडनस्य सम्मुखीकरणं च कृतवान्।

Speakers

• Narratorial (frame-speakers not identifiable from provided verses alone)

Key Themes

• Didactic adversity
• Statecraft
• Moral awakening through crisis