Shloka 33
सहदेवस्य गोसंख्य-तन्तिपाल-रूपेण विराट-समागमः | Sahadeva’s Audience with Virāṭa as Cattle-Enumerator
Tantipāla
यो हि मां पुरुषो गृद्धयेद् यथान्या: प्राकृता: स्त्रिय: । तामेव निवसेदू रात्रि प्रविश्य च परां तनुम्,परंतु जो पुरुष मुझे अन्य प्राकृत स्त्रियोंके समान समझकर (बलपूर्वक) प्राप्त करना चाहता है, उसका उसी रातमें परलोकवास हो जाता है
yo hi māṃ puruṣo gṛddhyed yathānyāḥ prākṛtāḥ striyaḥ | tām eva nivased rātriṃ praviśya ca parāṃ tanum ||
Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Si algún hombre, movido por la lujuria, me deseara como desea a las mujeres comunes y pretendiera tomarme por la fuerza, esa misma noche—al entrar en otro cuerpo, más elevado—partirá hacia el otro mundo».
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse warns that treating a protected or exceptional woman as merely an 'ordinary' object of desire—especially with coercive intent—is a grave adharma that brings immediate, fatal consequence; it underscores restraint, respect, and the moral peril of lust-driven violence.
In Vaiśampāyana’s narration, a woman (referred to as 'me') declares a protective condition: any man who attempts to seize her as he would common women will die that very night, described as 'entering a higher body' and thus passing to the next world.