Shloka 5
Vipula’s Guru-Obedience, Divine Flowers, and the Peril of Others’ Oaths (विपुलोपाख्यानम्—पुष्पप्राप्तिः शपथ-प्रसङ्गश्च)
पुरुषसिंह! पुरुष यौवनसे उन्मत्त स्त्रियोंकी रक्षा कैसे कर सकता है? यह विस्तारपूर्वक बतानेकी कृपा करें ।।
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: Puruṣasiṃha! puruṣaḥ yauvanase unmatta-striyāḥ rakṣāṃ kathaṃ kartum arhati? etad vistareṇa vaktum arhasi. Etā hi rama-māṇāḥ tu vañcayanti iha mānavān; na ca āsāṃ mucyate kaścit puruṣaḥ hastam āgataḥ.
ユディシュティラは言った。「おお、人中の獅子よ！ 若さの酔いに溺れて向こう見ずとなった女たちから、男はどうして身を守れるのか。どうか詳しく説いてほしい。というのも、そのような女たちは恋の戯れの最中でさえ、この世で男たちを欺きつづける。ひとたびその手に落ちた男で、容易に逃れ得る者はないのだ。」
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a dharmic concern about guarding one’s conduct and discernment amid sensual attraction and social entanglement, asking for practical guidance on self-protection through restraint and wise judgment.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a revered interlocutor (‘lion among men’) and asks for a detailed explanation of how a man can protect himself from the dangers of youthful, reckless passion, observing that men easily become trapped when they fall under such influence.