Shloka 18
Adhyaya 71 — The King’s Remorse and the Sage’s Counsel on the Necessity of a Wife
सा रूपशालिनी तेन सानुरागेण पार्थिव ।
वेदितार्थेन पातालं नीता सा युवती तदा ॥
sā rūpaśālinī tena sānurāgeṇa pārthiva / veditārthena pātālaṃ nītā sā yuvatī tadā
ข้าแต่พระราชา เขาผู้หลงใหลและรู้เรื่องราวแห่งนาง ได้พาหญิงสาวผู้เลอโฉมนั้นลงสู่ปาตาละ
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FAQs
Beauty and vulnerability can attract both protection and possession; discernment (veditārtha) is invoked to suggest the Nāga’s act is not random but part of a moralized chain of events.
Carita/Vaṃśānucarita mode—an embedded story explaining present relational outcomes.
Descent to Pātāla can symbolize entry into the subconscious or karmic underlayer where latent bonds are formed and later surface as attraction/aversion in human relationships.