Shloka 12
पराशरस्य राक्षससत्रनिवृत्तिः | Paraśara’s Rakṣasa-Satra and Its Cessation
काम: कमलपत्राक्षि प्रतिविध्यति मामयम् । तस्मात् कुरु विशालाक्षि मय्यनुक्रोशमड़ने,“कमलदलके समान सुन्दर नेत्रोंवाली सुन्दरि! यह कामदेव मुझे (अपने बाणोंसे) घायल कर रहा है; विशाललोचने! इसलिये तुम मुझपर दया करो
gandharva uvāca |
kāmaḥ kamalapatrākṣi pratividhyati mām ayam |
tasmāt kuru viśālākṣi mayy anukrośam aṅgane ||
The Gandharva said: “O woman with lotus-petal eyes, this god of desire is piercing me as if with arrows. Therefore, O wide-eyed lady, show compassion toward me.”
गन्धर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how desire can overpower even a celestial being, and it frames compassion (anukrośa) as an ethical appeal in intimate or emotionally charged situations—urging a response guided by mercy rather than mere impulse.
A Gandharva, overcome by Kāma (the force/deity of desire), addresses a woman with affectionate epithets and pleads that she show him compassion, implying he is suffering the torment of love and seeks her favorable response.