Adhyaya 22 — Kuvalayashva’s Death through Daitya-Deceit and Madalasa’s Self-Immolation
तत्क्षणात् चेतनां प्राप्य सर्वास्ता नृपयोषितः ।
राजपत्नीश्च राजा च विलेपुरतिदुःखिताः ॥
tatkṣaṇāt cetanāṃ prāpya sarvāstā nṛpayoṣitaḥ /
rājapatnīś ca rājā ca vilepur atiduḥkhitāḥ
அதே கணத்தில் உணர்வு திரும்பி, அரசமகளிர் அனைவரும்—அரசியரும் அரசனும் கூட—துயரால் மூழ்கி அழுது புலம்பினர்.
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The Purāṇic style often sets the stage of intense sorrow before introducing higher discernment (viveka). Grief is acknowledged, then transcended through instruction.
Ancillary narrative supporting dharma teaching; not one of the five core lakṣaṇas in itself.
‘Regaining consciousness’ can be read on two levels: physical waking from a swoon and the impending possibility of spiritual waking from moha (delusion).