Shloka 7
Sukesha's Boon & Twelve Dharmas — Sukesha’s Boon, the Twelve Dharmas of Beings, and the Cosmography of the Seven Dvipas with the Twenty-One Hells
स कदाचिद् गतो ऽरण्यं मागधं राक्षसेश्वरः तत्राश्रमांस्तु ददृशो ऋषीणां भावितात्मनाम्
sa kadācid gato 'raṇyaṃ māgadhaṃ rākṣaseśvaraḥ tatrāśramāṃstu dadṛśo ṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām
กาลครั้งหนึ่ง เจ้าแห่งรากษสได้ไปยังป่ามาคธะ ที่นั่นเขาได้เห็นอาศรมของเหล่าฤๅษีผู้มีจิตวิญญาณได้รับการขัดเกลาแล้ว
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FAQs
Even a rākṣasa ruler is shown entering the domain of disciplined sages, indicating that access to dharma-jñāna is opened by approach and receptivity rather than birth alone; the forest āśrama functions as a locus of transformation through contact with the spiritually refined (bhāvitātman).
Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita (narrative episode concerning a particular character and his encounter with ṛṣis), serving as a frame for later doctrinal exposition rather than cosmogenesis (sarga/pratisarga).
The movement from royal/violent identity (rākṣasa-īśvara) into the forest of sages symbolizes the shift from power to inquiry—an archetypal Purāṇic pattern where worldly authority is subordinated to tapas and wisdom.