Shloka 35
और्वोपाख्यानम्
Aurva Episode: Restoration of Sight and Restraint of World-Destructive Anger
गन्धर्व्युवाच त्रायस्व मां महाभाग पति चेम॑ विमुज्च मे । गन्धर्वी शरण प्राप्ता नाम्ना कुम्भीनसी प्रभो,गन्धर्वी बोली--महाभाग! मेरी रक्षा कीजिये और मेरे इन पतिदेवको आप छोड़ दीजिये। प्रभो! मैं गन्धर्वपत्नी कुम्भीनसी आपकी शरणमें आयी हूँ
Gandharvy uvāca: trāyasva māṁ mahābhāga patiṁ cemaṁ vimuñca me | gandharvī śaraṇa-prāptā nāmnā kumbhīnasī prabho ||
গন্ধর্বী বললেন—হে মহাভাগ! আমাকে রক্ষা করুন এবং আমার এই স্বামীকে মুক্ত করুন। প্রভু, আমি শরণাগত গন্ধর্বী; আমার নাম কুম্ভীনসী।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person who seeks refuge (śaraṇa-prāptā) invokes a moral claim upon the strong: protection should be granted, and coercion or captivity should be relinquished. The verse highlights compassion and restraint as aspects of dharma.
A Gandharvī named Kumbhīnasī speaks as a supplicant, asking an addressed ‘lord’ to protect her and to release her husband, indicating that the husband is being held or restrained in the ongoing episode.