Shloka 10

Devanagari script

एकरात्रमुषित्वेह द्वितीयं यदि वत्स्यसि | एतद्‌ वै ते दिवावृत्तं रात्रौ वृत्तमतोडन्यथा,(अच्छा, आयी है तो एक रात रह ले,) यदि एक रात यहाँ रह लेनेके पश्चात्‌ दूसरी रातमें भी रहेगी तो दिनमें तो तेरा यह हाल है (आज दिनमें तो तुमको यह कष्ट दिया गया है) और रातमें तेरे साथ अन्यथा बर्ताव होगा (विशेष कष्ट दिया जायगा)'

Transliteration

ekarātram uṣitveha dvitīyaṁ yadi vatsyasi | etad vai te divāvṛttaṁ rātrau vṛttam ato 'nyathā ||

Translation

“If you stay here for just one night, it is one thing; but if you choose to remain for a second night, then know this: what has happened to you by day is only this much—at night, however, you will be treated otherwise.” (The speaker warns that remaining longer will invite harsher, more dangerous treatment, implying an escalation of wrongdoing and threat.)

Word by Word

{'ekarātram''for one night', 'uṣitvā (uṣitveha)': 'having stayed

after lodging here (iha)', 'iha''here', 'dvitīyam': 'a second (night/day), second time', 'yadi': 'if', 'vatsyasi': 'you will stay, you will dwell', 'etat': 'this', 'vai': 'indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)', 'te': 'to you

your', 'divā''by day, in daytime', 'vṛttam (divāvṛttam)': 'what occurred

what was done/experienced', 'rātrau''at night', 'ataḥ': 'therefore, hence', 'anyathā': 'otherwise

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lomaśa (speaker)

unnamed addressee (a woman implied by the Hindi gloss)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores prudence and self-protection in an unsafe environment: when a place or person shows harmful intent even in daylight, staying longer invites greater danger. Ethically, it highlights the adharma of threatening a guest or vulnerable person and the need to avoid enabling escalating wrongdoing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomaśa issues a caution: staying one night may be tolerated, but remaining for a second night will lead to ‘other’ treatment at night—an implied escalation from daytime harassment or suffering to more severe harm after dark.