Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
अहन्यह्यनुप्राप्ते तौ च नागकुमारकौ ।
आजग्मतुर्मुदा युक्तौ प्रीत्या सूनोर्महीपतेः ॥
ahany ahy anuprāpte tau ca nāgakumārakau | ājagmatur mudā yuktau prītyā sūnor mahīpateḥ ||
วันแล้ววันเล่า ครั้นถึงเวลา นาคหนุ่มทั้งสองก็มาเฝ้าพระราชโอรส ด้วยจิตเปี่ยมด้วยความยินดีและความเอ็นดู
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Repeated association strengthens bonds and influence; Purāṇic storytelling often uses daily recurrence to show how attachment forms gradually and becomes consequential.
Carita/ākhyāna progression; it establishes continuity necessary for later causality within the narrative.
‘Day by day’ signals saṃskāra-building: impressions accumulate through repetition, shaping desire and destiny—an inner mechanics mirrored by outer narrative routine.