Shloka 51
Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
यतो भूवलयं सर्वमश्रान्तोऽयं चरिष्यति ।
अतः कुवलयो नाम्ना ख्यातिं लोके प्रयास्यति ॥
yato bhūvalayaṃ sarvam aśrānto 'yaṃ cariṣyati | ataḥ kuvalayo nāmnā khyātiṃ loke prayāsyati ||
ఇతడు అలసట లేకుండా సమస్త భూమండలమును సంచరించునందున, అందుచేత లోకములో ‘కువలయ’ అనే నామముతో ప్రసిద్ధి పొందును.
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FAQs
Renown is grounded in capacity used for purpose: the horse’s ‘fame’ arises from tireless service. By extension, a ruler’s lasting fame rests on sustained dharmic action.
Ākhyāna with onomastic explanation (name derivation), a common purāṇic stylistic feature; not a pancalakṣaṇa core category.
Naming crystallizes function into identity: when energy (horse/prāṇa) becomes unwavering and all-encompassing in scope (bhūvalaya), it gains ‘khyāti’—stable recognition within the psyche.