Shloka 41
Adhyaya 22 — Kuvalayashva’s Death through Daitya-Deceit and Madalasa’s Self-Immolation
मातोवाच न मे मात्रा न मे स्वस्त्रा प्राप्ता प्रीतिर्नृपेदृशी ।
श्रुत्वा मुनिपरित्राणे हतं पुत्रं यथा मया ॥
mātovāca na me mātrā na me svastrā prāptā prītir nṛpa edṛśī |
śrutvā muni-paritrāṇe hataṃ putraṃ yathā mayā ||
“Sinabi ng ina: ‘O hari, kailanma’y hindi ako nagkamit ng ganitong ligaya mula sa pagiging ina, ni mula sa pagiging kapatid na babae, gaya ng ligayang nadama ko nang marinig na ang aking anak ay napatay habang ipinagtatanggol ang isang rishi.’”
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FAQs
The verse teaches a hierarchy of values: the highest ‘joy’ is not biological or social identity, but participation—through one’s kin—in the protection of spiritual authority (muni), i.e., dharma itself.
Didactic narrative reinforcing dharma (ācāra) rather than cosmological/genealogical pañcalakṣaṇa elements.
The ‘muni’ symbolizes inner silence and wisdom; protecting the muni can signify safeguarding contemplative clarity against the ‘battle’ of passions, even at the cost of egoic attachments.