Shloka 18
कामभोगै: प्रियैहीनां हीनां बन्धुजनेन च । देहं संधारयन्तीं हि भर्तृदर्शनकाड्क्षया,यह राजकन्या प्रिय कामभोगोंसे वंचित है। अपने बन्धुजनोंसे बिछुड़ी हुई है और पतिके दर्शनकी इच्छासे अपने (दीन-दुर्बल) शरीरको धारण कर रही है
kāmabhogaiḥ priyair hīnāṁ hīnāṁ bandhujanena ca | dehaṁ sandhārayantīṁ hi bhartṛ-darśana-kāṅkṣayā ||
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “She is deprived of the beloved pleasures of love and comfort; she is also separated from her own kinsfolk. Yet, sustained only by the longing to behold her husband, she continues to bear this frail body.”
युदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights endurance grounded in loyal love: even when comfort and family support are lost, steadfast longing for one’s rightful bond (here, the husband) can sustain a person through suffering, inviting compassion rather than judgment.
Yudhiṣṭhira describes a royal maiden who has been cut off from pleasures and separated from her relatives; she remains alive and bears her weakened body only because she yearns to see her husband.