Shloka 13
कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः
Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time
Devanagari script
स्वदारनिरता ये च ऋतुकालाभिगामिन:
Transliteration
svadāraniratā ye ca ṛtukālābhigāminaḥ
Translation
Mereka yang setia pada istri mereka sendiri dan mendekatinya hanya pada masa yang semestinya (yakni secara teratur menurut dharma).
Word by Word
स्वदारनिरताःdevoted to one’s own wife
स्वदारनिरताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वदारनिरत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
येwho
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
ऋतुकालाभिगामिनःapproaching (their wives) only at the proper season
ऋतुकालाभिगामिनः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootऋतुकालाभिगामिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrīmaheśvara (speaker, implied by attribution)S
svadāra (one’s own wife)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse praises dharmic sexual conduct: fidelity to one’s lawful spouse and restraint through regulated conjugal relations, framed as ethical self-control within householder life.
Śrīmaheśvara is listing or describing virtuous categories of people; here he identifies those who are faithful to their own wives and engage in marital relations only at the proper, prescribed time.