Shloka 18
मद्वाक्यान्मुज्च मे भार्या कस्मात् तां हृतवानसि । लोकपालो<सि लोकानां न लोकस्य विलोपक:
madvākyān muñca me bhāryāṃ kasmāt tāṃ hṛtavān asi | lokapālo 'si lokānāṃ na lokasya vilopakaḥ | muñca bhāryām utathyasya kasmāt tvaṃ hṛtavān asi ||
মোৰ কথামতে মোৰ পত্নীক মুক্ত কৰি দিয়া। তুমি কিয় তাইক অপহৰণ কৰিলা? তুমি লোকসমূহৰ লোকপাল, লোক-ধৰ্ম নাশক নহয়। উতথ্য মুনিৰ পত্নীক এৰি দিয়া—তুমি কিয় তাইক হৰণ কৰিলা?
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Authority—especially divine or royal authority—must function as lokapāla (protector) and uphold dharma; taking another’s lawful spouse by force is condemned as a violation of social and moral order.
The speaker confronts Varuṇa for abducting a woman identified as a lawful wife and demands her release, arguing that Varuṇa’s role as a world-guardian obliges him to protect, not violate, the world’s order.