अधीतस्य च शास्त्रस्य विवेकस्य कुलस्य च । किमेष सदृशो धर्मो जारधर्मनिषेवणम्
adhītasya ca śāstrasya vivekasya kulasya ca | kimeṣa sadṛśo dharmo jāradharmaniṣevaṇam
«Pour celui qui a étudié les śāstras, qui possède le discernement et qui vient d’une lignée noble, comment cela pourrait-il être un dharma convenable : s’adonner à la conduite d’un amant adultère ?»
Sumedhā
Scene: A didactic climax: Sumedhā stands upright, pointing slightly as if defining dharma; Sāmavatī is shown listening, the romantic grove now visually subdued.
Scriptural learning and discernment must express themselves as right conduct; illicit relations are condemned as unfitting to dharma.
None; the verse is a dharma-critique rather than a sthala-māhātmya passage.
None.