Shloka 63
Adhyaya 63 — Sumati's Dharma
स चापि सहितस्तन्व्या सदुद्यानन्तदा ययौ ।
कन्याकायुगलं यत्र तच्छापोत्थगदातुरम् ॥
sa cāpi sahitas tanvyā sadudyānaṃ tadā yayau / kanyakāyugalaṃ yatra tacchāpotthagadāturam
และเขา พร้อมด้วยธิดาผู้มีเอวอรชรนั้น ได้ไปยังอุทยานที่ซึ่งหญิงสาวสองนางนอนอยู่ ถูกความเจ็บป่วยอันเกิดจากคำสาปนั้นครอบงำ
FAQs
The narrative treats suffering as something to be approached, not avoided; accompaniment (sahita) signals shared responsibility and active compassion toward the afflicted.
Manvantara episode: the curse motif and its remediation are typical of Purāṇic exempla embedded in Manu-era chronicles.
The ‘garden’ can symbolize the inner field of life (saṃsāra’s cultivated space); curse-born disease represents latent karmic afflictions that surface within that field and require knowledge to uproot.