Shloka 33

Devanagari script

यो हि मां पुरुषो गृद्धयेद्‌ यथान्या: प्राकृता: स्त्रिय: । तामेव निवसेदू रात्रि प्रविश्य च परां तनुम्‌,परंतु जो पुरुष मुझे अन्य प्राकृत स्त्रियोंके समान समझकर (बलपूर्वक) प्राप्त करना चाहता है, उसका उसी रातमें परलोकवास हो जाता है

Transliteration

yo hi māṃ puruṣo gṛddhyed yathānyāḥ prākṛtāḥ striyaḥ | tām eva nivased rātriṃ praviśya ca parāṃ tanum ||

Translation

ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದನು— ಯಾವ ಪುರುಷನು ಕಾಮವಶನಾಗಿ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯರಂತೆ ಭಾವಿಸಿ ಬಲಾತ್ಕಾರವಾಗಿ ಪಡೆಯಲು ಬಯಸುವನೋ, ಅವನು ಅದೇ ರಾತ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲೇ ಪರ ದೇಹದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿ ಪರಲೋಕಕ್ಕೆ ತೆರಳುತ್ತಾನೆ।

Word by Word

यःwho

हिindeed/for

माम्me

पुरुषःa man

गृद्ध्येत्should desire/should lust after

यथाas/like

अन्याःother

प्राकृताःcommon/ordinary

स्त्रियःwomen

ताम्that (state/condition)

एवjust/indeed

निवसेत्should dwell/should reside

रात्रिम्night

प्रविश्यhaving entered

चand

पराम्other/supreme

तनुम्body

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

unnamed man (puruṣaḥ)

speaker referred to as 'mām' (a woman in the narrative context)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse warns that treating a protected or exceptional woman as merely an 'ordinary' object of desire—especially with coercive intent—is a grave adharma that brings immediate, fatal consequence; it underscores restraint, respect, and the moral peril of lust-driven violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaiśampāyana’s narration, a woman (referred to as 'me') declares a protective condition: any man who attempts to seize her as he would common women will die that very night, described as 'entering a higher body' and thus passing to the next world.