Shloka 5
Adhyaya 36 — Madalasa’s Final Counsel and the Renunciation of King Ritadhvaja
मदालसा च तनयं प्राहेदं पश्चिमं वचः ।
कामोपभोगसंसर्गप्रहाणाय सुतस्य वै ॥
madālasā ca tanayaṃ prāhedaṃ paścimaṃ vacaḥ | kāmopabhogasaṃsargaprahāṇāya sutasya vai
At sinabi ni Madālasā sa kaniyang anak ang mga huling salitang ito—na tunay na nilayon upang talikdan ng anak ang pagkakapit sa mga ugnay at kaligayahang dulot ng pagnanasa.
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FAQs
True welfare is framed as freedom from compulsive pleasure-seeking; the mother’s counsel presents renunciation (prahāṇa) as a practical remedy for suffering rooted in desire.
It sits within Vaṃśānucarita as a didactic insert—ethical teaching embedded in dynastic narrative.
‘Saṃsarga’ (contact/entanglement) hints at the subtle chain: sense-contact → craving → bondage; the instruction targets the causal root rather than symptoms.