Shloka 48
Śukra’s Ultimatum and Devayānī’s Demand (शुक्र-प्रतिज्ञा तथा देवयानी-वर-याचना)
ययातिरपि पत्नीभ्यां दीर्घकालं विहृत्य च | विश्वाच्या सहितो रेमे पुनश्चैत्ररथे वने,उन्होंने अपनी दोनों पत्नियोंके साथ दीर्घकालतक विहार करके चैत्ररथ वनमें जाकर विश्वाची अप्सराके साथ रमण किया
yayātir api patnībhyāṁ dīrghakālaṁ vihṛtya ca | viśvācyā sahito reme punaś caitrarathe vane ||
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে— যযাতিয়ে নিজৰ দুয়ো পত্নীৰ সৈতে দীঘলীয়া সময় ধৰি বিহাৰ কৰি, পুনৰ চৈত্রৰথ বনলৈ গৈ তাত অপ্সৰা বিশ্বাচীৰ সৈতে ৰমণ কৰিলে।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse points to the recurring nature of sensual craving: even after long enjoyment, the mind may seek novelty again. In a Mahābhārata ethical frame, it cautions that unchecked kāma can pull a ruler away from restraint and dharma.
Yayāti has already spent a long time enjoying with his two wives; afterward he goes to the Caitraratha forest and enjoys again, this time in the company of the apsaras Viśvācī, as narrated by Vaiśampāyana.