Shloka 17
Adhyaya 24 — Kuvalayashva’s Refusal of Gifts and the Vision of Madalasa’s Maya
कृतकृत्योऽस्मि चैतेन सफलं जीवितञ्च मे ।
यदङ्गसंस्लेषमितस्तव देवस्य मानुषः ॥
kṛtakṛtyo 'smi caitena saphalaṃ jīvitañ ca me / yad aṅga-saṃśleṣam itaḥ tava devasya mānuṣaḥ
اس سے میں نے وہ کام پورا کر لیا جو کرنا چاہیے تھا، اور میری زندگی بھی بارآور ہو گئی—کیونکہ میں محض انسان ہو کر بھی، اے دیوی، آپ کے جسمانی لمس سے سرفراز ہوا۔
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FAQs
The verse elevates proximity to the divine (darśana/sparśa) as a life-fulfilling attainment, cultivating humility and gratitude rather than entitlement.
Not directly a pancalakṣaṇa item; it belongs to dharma-upadeśa/nīti embedded in narrative (ancillary ethical instruction rather than sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita).
‘Bodily contact with the divine’ can be read as symbolic of saṃskāra—transformative imprint—where even a brief touch of higher reality reorients one’s inner disposition toward dharma.