Shloka 12
Adhiratha-Rādhā Discover the Casket; Vasuṣeṇa (Karṇa) is Adopted and Formed
कथं हास्मद्विधो जातु जानन् धर्मविनिश्चयम् । परहस्तगतां नारीं मुहूर्तमपि धारयेत्,“धर्मके सिद्धान्तको जाननेवाला मेरे-जैसा कोई भी पुरुष दूसरेके हाथमें पड़ी हुई नारीको मुहूर्तभरके लिये भी कैसे ग्रहण कर सकता है?
kathaṁ hāsmadvidho jātu jānan dharmaviniścayam | parahastagatāṁ nārīṁ muhūrtam api dhārayet ||
Dijo Mārkaṇḍeya: «¿Cómo podría un hombre como yo—que conoce la conclusión establecida del dharma—retener, siquiera por un instante, a una mujer que ha caído bajo la mano, la custodia y el dominio de otro?»
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person who truly knows dharma must practice strict restraint: it is unethical to appropriate or even entertain possession of a woman who is under another’s rightful protection or marital/guardianship bond.
Mārkaṇḍeya speaks in a moralizing context, rejecting the very possibility of keeping a woman who belongs to another’s custody, emphasizing his dharma-knowledge as the reason for immediate refusal.