Shloka 27
Dyumatsena’s Restoration and Sāvitrī’s Disclosure of Yama’s Boons (आरण्यकपर्व, अध्याय २८२)
प्रत्याख्यातो5पि दुर्मेधा: पुनरेवाब्रवीद् वच: । काममड्ननि मे सीते दुनोतु मकरध्वज:
pratyākhyāto 'pi durmedhāḥ punar evābravīd vacaḥ | kāmam agnīn me sīte dunotu makaradhvajaḥ ||
প্ৰত্যাখ্যাত হ’লেও সেই দুঃমেধা পুনৰ ক’লে—“সীতে! অগ্নিয়ে মোক যেনেকৈ ইচ্ছা তেনেকৈ দহক; মকৰধ্বজ (কামদেৱ) মোক পীড়া দিক।”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unrestrained desire (kāma) can make a person persist even after being rightly refused; ethical conduct requires restraint, respect for boundaries, and clarity of judgment rather than compulsive passion.
Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that a foolish man, despite being rejected, speaks again to Sītā, declaring that even if he is burned by fire or tormented by Kāma (Makaradhvaja), his desire drives him to continue.