Shloka 7
Adhyaya 70 — The King Confronts the Rakshasa and Restores the Brahmin’s Wife
अस्मिन्वनेऽतिगहने तेनानीयाहमुज्झिता ।
न वेद्मि कारणं किं तन्नोपभुङ्क्ते न खादति ॥
asmin vane ’tigahane tenānīyāham ujjhitā | na vedmi kāraṇaṃ kiṃ tan nopabhuṅkte na khādati ||
在这极其稠密的森林中，他把我带来，随后又弃我而去。我不知其缘由——他既不享用我，也不吞食我。
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FAQs
The verse highlights the terror of lawlessness: harm is magnified when motives are opaque. Dharmic governance is partly the removal of such fear by making conduct accountable and intelligible through law and protection.
Ākhyāna (narrative) serving dharma instruction; not a direct pañcalakṣaṇa catalog section.
The ‘dense forest’ is a classic symbol of saṃsāra-confusion. The unknown motive suggests the mind’s inability to interpret tamasic forces; clarity arises only when a higher principle (rājadharma/discernment) enters the scene.