कः कामेन न निर्जितस्त्रिजगतां पुष्पायुधेनाप्यहो कः क्रोधस्यवशंगतो ननच को लोभेन संमोहितः । योषिल्लोचनभल्लभिन्नहृदयः को नाप्तवानापदं को राज्यश्रियमाप्यनांधपदवीं यातोपि सल्लोचनः
kaḥ kāmena na nirjitastrijagatāṃ puṣpāyudhenāpyaho kaḥ krodhasyavaśaṃgato nanaca ko lobhena saṃmohitaḥ | yoṣillocanabhallabhinnahṛdayaḥ ko nāptavānāpadaṃ ko rājyaśriyamāpyanāṃdhapadavīṃ yātopi sallocanaḥ
誰が欲望に征服されぬであろうか――花を武器とするその力は三界をも屈せしめる。誰が怒りの支配に落ちぬであろう、また誰が貪りに迷わぬであろうか。女の眼の矢に心を射抜かれて、誰が災いに遭わずにいられよう。さらに王の栄華を得ても、眼を持ちながら盲の道へと進まぬ者がいようか。
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa default dialogue frame)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic allegory: Kāma as a flower-weaponed archer aiming at beings of all stations; Krodha as a red storm seizing minds; Lobha as a net of gold coins; a king with a crown walks toward a dark pit labeled ‘andha-padavī’ despite open eyes; in the distance, Kāśī’s lamps offer a clear path.
The great enemies—desire, anger, and greed—blind even the powerful; vigilance and self-mastery are essential for dharma.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is the overarching sacred setting in the Kāśī-khaṇḍa, though this verse itself is a universal ethical reflection.
None directly; the verse prescribes inner discipline: conquering kāma, krodha, and lobha.