अधीतस्य च शास्त्रस्य विवेकस्य कुलस्य च । किमेष सदृशो धर्मो जारधर्मनिषेवणम्
adhītasya ca śāstrasya vivekasya kulasya ca | kimeṣa sadṛśo dharmo jāradharmaniṣevaṇam
जिसने शास्त्रों का अध्ययन किया हो, जिसमें विवेक हो और जो कुलीन हो—उसके लिए यह कैसा उचित धर्म है कि जार-धर्म का सेवन किया जाए?
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.