Shloka 11
तेन त्वं निर्जिता भद्रे यस्मान्नीतासि भाविनि । संशय: शाल्वराजस्य तेन त्वयि सुमध्यमे,परंतु भद्रे! भीष्म तुम्हें जीतकर अपने साथ ले गये। भाविनि! सुमध्यमे! यही कारण है कि शाल्वराजके मनमें तुम्हारे प्रति संशय उत्पन्न हो गया है
tena tvaṁ nirjitā bhadre yasmān nītāsi bhāvini | saṁśayaḥ śālvarājasya tena tvayi sumadhyame ||
Therefore, O noble lady, you were overcome and carried away by him. O future queen, O slender-waisted one—because of that very act, suspicion has arisen in the mind of King Śālva regarding you.
अकृतव्रण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how actions done through force and public display can create lasting social suspicion and moral complications, especially for women whose consent is not central in the event; it points to the ethical burden of kṣatriya acts and the injustice of reputational harm.
Akṛtavraṇa explains to the woman that because Bhīṣma defeated her and took her away, King Śālva has come to doubt her—framing the origin of Śālva’s suspicion as a consequence of that abduction/defeat.