Shloka 18
Parṇāda’s Report; Bāhuka’s Counsel; Damayantī’s Strategic Svayaṃvara Message (अध्याय ६८)
कामभोगै: प्रियैहीनां हीनां बन्धुजनेन च । देहं संधारयन्तीं हि भर्तृदर्शनकाड्क्षया,यह राजकन्या प्रिय कामभोगोंसे वंचित है। अपने बन्धुजनोंसे बिछुड़ी हुई है और पतिके दर्शनकी इच्छासे अपने (दीन-दुर्बल) शरीरको धारण कर रही है
kāmabhogaiḥ priyair hīnāṁ hīnāṁ bandhujanena ca | dehaṁ sandhārayantīṁ hi bhartṛ-darśana-kāṅkṣayā ||
قال يودهِشْتِهيرا: «لقد حُرِمت من لذّات الحبّ والراحة التي كانت عزيزة عليها، وفُرِّقت كذلك عن أهلها وذويها. ومع ذلك، لا يسندها إلا الشوق إلى رؤية زوجها، فتظلّ تحمل هذا الجسد الواهن.»
युदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights endurance grounded in loyal love: even when comfort and family support are lost, steadfast longing for one’s rightful bond (here, the husband) can sustain a person through suffering, inviting compassion rather than judgment.
Yudhiṣṭhira describes a royal maiden who has been cut off from pleasures and separated from her relatives; she remains alive and bears her weakened body only because she yearns to see her husband.