Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
रेमे नरेन्द्रपुत्रोऽसौ नरेन्द्रतनयैः सह ।
यथैव हि दिवा तद्वद्रात्रावपि मुदा युतः ॥
reme narendraputro 'sau narendratanayaiḥ saha | yathaiva hi divā tadvad rātrāv api mudā yutaḥ ||
ดังนั้นพระราชโอรสจึงทรงเล่นสนุกกับโอรสแห่งพระราชาทั้งหลาย; ทั้งกลางวันและกลางคืนก็ทรงประกอบด้วยความรื่นเริงไม่ขาด
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Pleasure is depicted as continuous and socially shared; later narrative turns in Purāṇas often contrast such ease with the arrival of fate (kāla), preparing the listener for a shift from enjoyment to consequence.
Carita (episode-setting) that builds narrative momentum; not a cosmological or manvantara enumeration here.
Day/night joy suggests unbroken identification with external delight; spiritually, this can foreshadow the need for awakening from cyclical pleasures.