Shloka 81
Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ
King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt
ततो लब्धवरा प्रीता स्त्रीभावगुण भूषिता । जगाम सह संसर्गमृषिणाद्भधुतकर्मणा
tato labdhavarā prītā strībhāvaguṇa-bhūṣitā | jagāma saha saṁsargam ṛṣiṇādbhuta-karmaṇā | tasyā yojana-gandheti tato nāmāparaṁ smṛtam ||
ついでサティヤヴァティーは、恩寵を得て喜び、女の身にふさわしい諸徳を備え、霊験あらたかな大聖仙パラーシャラと契りを結んだ。彼女の身より妙香が広く漂ったため、世において別名「ヨージャナガンダー」—「一ヨージャナに届く香りを放つ者」として知られるようになった。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how boons and personal choices can reshape identity and social standing, while also implying that private actions may carry public, dynastic consequences. It invites reflection on dharma in situations where desire, consent, and power intersect.
After receiving a boon, Satyavatī becomes endowed with qualities suitable for conjugal union and joins with the sage Parāśara. As a result of her newly divine fragrance, she gains the epithet “Yojanagandhā,” famed for a scent perceptible from a yojana away.