Shloka 30
Akṛtavraṇa’s Account Begins: Gādhi–Satyavatī–Ṛcīka and the Bhārgava Lineage Prelude
धर्मेण लब्ध्वा तां भार्यामचीको द्विजसत्तम: । यथाकामं यथाजोषं तया रेमे सुमध्यया,विप्रवर ऋचीकने धर्मपूर्वक सत्यवतीको पत्नीरूपमें प्राप्त करके उस सुन्दरीके साथ अपनी इच्छाके अनुसार सुखपूर्वक रमण किया
dharmeṇa labdhvā tāṃ bhāryām acīko dvijasattamaḥ | yathākāmaṃ yathājoṣaṃ tayā reme sumadhyayā ||
Habiendo obtenido a aquella esposa por medios conformes al dharma, Ṛcīka, el más excelso de los brahmanes, vivió en gozosa unión con ella—según su deseo y para satisfacción de ambos—con aquella dama de esbelta cintura. El verso subraya que la dicha conyugal se funda en el dharma: una relación adquirida rectamente y conducida rectamente se vuelve un ámbito legítimo para el placer, y no una transgresión ética.
अकृतव्रण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pleasure (kāma) is ethically valid when it rests on dharma: a spouse obtained and a relationship maintained through righteous conduct makes conjugal enjoyment a sanctioned part of the householder path rather than a moral transgression.
Akṛtavraṇa narrates that the Brahmin sage Ṛcīka, having lawfully obtained his wife, lived happily with her, enjoying marital life in a manner agreeable to desire and mutual satisfaction.