Shloka 15
Adhyaya 70 — The King Confronts the Rakshasa and Restores the Brahmin’s Wife
नेयं सुरूपा सन्त्यन्या भाय्र्यार्थञ्चेद् हृता त्वया ।
भक्ष्यार्थं चेत्कथं नात्ता त्वयैतत्कथ्यतां मम ॥
neyaṃ surūpā santy anyā bhāryārthaṃ ced hṛtā tvayā | bhakṣyārthaṃ cet kathaṃ nāttā tvayaitat kathyatāṃ mama ||
“وہ کوئی خاص خوبصورت نہیں—اور بھی عورتیں ہیں۔ اگر تم اسے بیوی بنانے کے لیے لے گئے ہو تو اسی کو کیوں؟ اور اگر کھانے کے لیے تھا تو تم نے اسے کھایا کیوں نہیں؟ یہ مجھے بتاؤ۔”
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FAQs
Rājadharma includes interrogation grounded in reason: the king tests inconsistent behavior to uncover truth. The verse also implies that neither lust nor predation can justify violating another’s autonomy.
Ākhyāna; a moral-legal episode rather than sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita material.
The two motives—desire and consumption—represent rājasika craving and tāmasika devouring. The king’s questioning is the inner light that exposes contradictions and forces the shadow to disclose itself.