Shloka 44

Devanagari script

तद्‌ प्रसीद न मामार्ता विसर्जयितुमरहसि । हृच्छयेन च संतप्तं भक्तां च भज मानद,पूर॒ुवंशके कितने ही पोते-नाती तपस्या करके यहाँ आते हैं और वे हम सब अप्सराओंके साथ रमण करते हैं। इसमें उनका कोई अपराध नहीं समझा जाता। मानद! मुझपर प्रसन्न होओ। मैं कामवेदनासे पीड़ित हूँ, मेरा त्याग न करो। मैं तुम्हारी भक्त हूँ और मदनाग्निसे दग्ध हो रही हूँ; अतः मुझे अंगीकार करो

Transliteration

tad prasīda na mām ārtā visrajayitum arhasi | hṛcchayena ca santaptaṃ bhaktāṃ ca bhaja mānada ||

Translation

„Darum sei mir gnädig und verstoße mich nicht in meiner Not. Vom inneren Herzensbrand werde ich versengt; nimm mich an, o Spender der Ehre, denn ich bin dir ergeben.“

Word by Word

तत्that (request/thing)

प्रसीदbe gracious / be pleased

नnot

माम्me

आर्ताdistressed

विसर्जयितुम्to dismiss / to abandon

अर्हसिyou ought / you are fit

हृच्छयेनby heart-born desire (love/longing)

चand

संतप्तम्tormented / burning

भक्ताम्devoted (woman) / devotee (me)

चand

भजaccept / favor / take (me)

मानदO giver of honor (epithet)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

an unnamed distressed woman (speaker within the narration)

mānada (addressed person, unnamed here)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a moral-psychological tension: an emotional plea grounded in desire and devotion is used to persuade another person. In the broader Vana Parva ascetic setting, such pleas test restraint, discernment, and the ethical handling of consent and duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within Vaiśampāyana’s narration, a woman—typically in this context an apsaras or seductress figure—implores a man addressed as “mānada” not to send her away. She claims distress and inner burning, and asks to be accepted as a devoted lover.