Shloka 30
Akṛtavraṇa’s Account Begins: Gādhi–Satyavatī–Ṛcīka and the Bhārgava Lineage Prelude
धर्मेण लब्ध्वा तां भार्यामचीको द्विजसत्तम: । यथाकामं यथाजोषं तया रेमे सुमध्यया,विप्रवर ऋचीकने धर्मपूर्वक सत्यवतीको पत्नीरूपमें प्राप्त करके उस सुन्दरीके साथ अपनी इच्छाके अनुसार सुखपूर्वक रमण किया
dharmeṇa labdhvā tāṃ bhāryām acīko dvijasattamaḥ | yathākāmaṃ yathājoṣaṃ tayā reme sumadhyayā ||
正法（ダルマ）によってその妻を得たのち、婆羅門の最勝者リーチーカは、細腰の佳人と、己の望みのまま、また互いの満足のままに、喜びのうちに結ばれて暮らした。この偈は、夫婦の幸福がダルマに根ざすことを示す。正しく得、正しく営まれる関係は、倫理の破れではなく、快楽の正当な領域となるのである。
अकृतव्रण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pleasure (kāma) is ethically valid when it rests on dharma: a spouse obtained and a relationship maintained through righteous conduct makes conjugal enjoyment a sanctioned part of the householder path rather than a moral transgression.
Akṛtavraṇa narrates that the Brahmin sage Ṛcīka, having lawfully obtained his wife, lived happily with her, enjoying marital life in a manner agreeable to desire and mutual satisfaction.