Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
विनोदैर्विविधैस्तत्र तस्थतुः प्रीतिसंयुतौ ।
सर्वे च ते नृपसुतास्ते च ब्रह्मविशां सुताः ॥
vinodair vividhais tatra tasthatuḥ prītisaṃyutau | sarve ca te nṛpasutās te ca brahmaviśāṃ sutāḥ ||
وہاں محبت کے ساتھ جڑے ہوئے وہ دونوں طرح طرح کی تفریحات کے درمیان رہے؛ اور وہ سب شہزادے نیز برہمنوں اور ویشیوں کے بیٹے بھی اسی رفاقت میں شامل تھے۔
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Affection (prīti) is presented as the social glue that allows diversity of status to coexist in shared spaces—an implicit endorsement of civility and concord.
Carita/ākhyāna continuity; it stabilizes the cast and setting for subsequent developments.
‘Vividha vinoda’ can be read as the many sensory modes that bind beings; prīti indicates the binding force (rāga) that keeps consciousness engaged in līlā before a turning point.