Shloka 21
Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)
राजोवाच निःशङ्कं ब्रूहि मत्तो यद्भवात्या किञ्चिदीप्सितम् ।
तदलब्ध्यं न ते भीरु ! तवायत्तोऽस्मि नान्यथा ॥
rājovāca niḥśaṅkaṃ brūhi matto yad bhavātyā kiñcid īpsitam | tad alabhyaṃ na te bhīru! tavāyatto 'smi nānyathā ||
Sinabi ng hari: “Magsalita ka nang walang pag-aalinlangan ng anumang ninanais mo sa akin. Para sa iyo, O mahiyain, hindi iyon magiging di-maabot; ako’y nasa iyong kapangyarihan—walang iba.”
FAQs
Power is idealized as service: the king’s authority is to be used to remove suffering when properly petitioned.
Ethical exemplum within narrative (ācāra/dharma), not pancalakṣaṇa proper.
The vow-like assurance mirrors ritual ‘vara’ (granting of boon), setting karmic accountability on the giver.