Shloka 35
और्वकृत-क्रोधाग्नि-निग्रहः
Aurva’s Containment of the Wrath-Fire
दहामान: स तीव्रेण नृपतिर्मन्मथाग्निना । अप्रगल्भां प्रगल्भस्तां तदोवाच मनोहराम्,तदनन्तर तीव्र कामाग्निसे जलते हुए राजा संवरणने लज्जारहित होकर उस लज्जाशीला एवं मनोहारिणी कन्यासे इस प्रकार पूछा--
dahāmānaḥ sa tīvreṇa nṛpatir manmathāgninā | apragalbhāṃ pragalbhastāṃ tadovāca manoharām ||
Burning intensely in the fire of desire, King Saṃvaraṇa—his boldness overcoming her modest reserve—addressed that shy yet captivating maiden and questioned her in this manner. The passage frames the moment as a surge of passion that presses against decorum, setting up an ethical tension between self-restraint and impulsive longing.
गन्धर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how intense desire can erode restraint and propriety: the king’s passion makes him act boldly toward a modest maiden, implicitly raising the dharmic question of whether one should govern desire or be governed by it.
A Gandharva narrator describes King Saṃvaraṇa, inflamed by desire, speaking to a shy and beautiful maiden; this line functions as a lead-in to the king’s forthcoming questions or proposal.