Shloka 29
Adhyaya 22 — Kuvalayashva’s Death through Daitya-Deceit and Madalasa’s Self-Immolation
किंनु शोचामि तनयं किंनु शोचाम्यहं स्नुषाम् ।
विमृश्य कृतकृत्यत्वाम्नम्येऽशोच्यावुभावपि ॥
kinnu śocāmi tanayaṃ kinnu śocāmy ahaṃ snuṣām /
vimṛśya kṛtakṛtyatvām namye 'śocyāv ubhāv api
เราจะโศกเศร้าเพื่อผู้ใด—เพื่อบุตรหรือเพื่อบุตรสะใภ้? เมื่อพิจารณาแล้ว เราขอนอบน้อมต่อสัจจะว่า ทั้งสองได้ทำกิจที่พึงทำครบแล้ว จึงไม่ควรโศกา
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FAQs
Death is not automatically a cause for debilitating grief when a life has been lived in dharma. The ‘kṛtakṛtya’ standard reframes mourning into reverence and acceptance.
Moral instruction within narrative (vaṃśānucarita-type usage).
Calling them ‘aśocya’ echoes the Gītā-like insight: the wise do not collapse over inevitable transitions. It points to stabilizing buddhi in the face of saṃsāra’s churn.