Shloka 74
Adhyaya 21 — Kuvalayashva’s Descent to Patala and the Rescue of Madalasa
कामस्तु तस्य नैवास्ति प्रत्यक्षेणोपलक्ष्यते । दम्पत्योः सहधर्मेण त्रयीधर्ममवाप्नुयात् ॥
kāmas tu tasya naivāsti pratyakṣeṇopalakṣyate / dampatyoḥ saha-dharmeṇa trayī-dharmam avāpnuyāt
ಕಾಮದ ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿ ಕಾಣುತ್ತದೆ—(ದಾಂಪತ್ಯಬಂಧವಿಲ್ಲದೆ) ಅವನಿಗೆ ಅದು ಇಲ್ಲ; ಪತಿ-ಪತ್ನಿಯ ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ಧರ್ಮದಿಂದ ‘ತ್ರಿಧರ್ಮ’ ಪ್ರಾಪ್ತವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.
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FAQs
The verse normalizes kāma as a legitimate life-aim when integrated into shared dharma. The household ideal is not suppression but harmonization—duty and pleasure aligned through partnership.
Ancillary dharma/nīti instruction.
‘Saha-dharma’ implies that dharma is relational and performative; ‘threefold dharma’ suggests a completeness achieved when life-aims are unified rather than fragmented.