Shloka 22
Adhyaya 71 — The King’s Remorse and the Sage’s Counsel on the Necessity of a Wife
एवं शप्ता सुता तेन सा चास्ते तत्र भूपते ।
नीता तेनोरगेन्द्रेण धृता तत्सुतया सती ॥
evaṃ śaptā sutā tena sā cāste tatra bhūpate / nītā tenoragendreṇa dhṛtā tat-sutayā satī
एवं तेन शप्ते सा कन्या तत्रैवावतस्थे, राजन्। सा साध्वी नागराजेनानीता तस्य दुहितृणा तत्र धारिता च।
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FAQs
A śāpa is not merely punitive; it ‘fixes’ a situation into a lasting condition. The verse emphasizes how wrongdoing can trap multiple parties in extended suffering.
Carita—an episode elaborating causal continuity behind the king’s present domestic problem.
Detention by ‘serpent’ forces suggests bondage by desire and fear; the virtuous self (satī) can be held captive by lower impulses until insight or grace releases it.