Shloka 7
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
पुत्रप्रीत्या च भवती सहार्दा मामवेक्षती ।
उल्लाप्योल्लाप्य बहुशः परिष्वजति मां यतः ॥
putraprītyā ca bhavatī sahārdā mām avekṣatī / ullāpyollāpya bahuśaḥ pariṣvajati māṃ yataḥ //
त्वमपि पुत्रस्नेहेन मयि सानुरागं मृदुचित्तं पश्यसि; यतो मां पुनः पुनः कूजसि, पुनः पुनश्च आलिङ्गसि।
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FAQs
The child begins a moral analysis of affection: even genuine tenderness can be intertwined with one’s own desires and expectations—prompting self-examination rather than mere sentiment.
Ethical instruction embedded in narrative (ākhyāna). It supports dharma by diagnosing the roots of attachment (rāga) and possessiveness.
The repeated embrace symbolizes the binding knot (granthi) of ‘mine-ness’ (mamatā), which can ‘hold’ another being as an object of one’s emotional economy.