Shloka 193

Devanagari script

मुज्च भार्यामुतथ्यस्य कस्मात्‌ त्वं हृतवानसि । “वरुण! तुम मेरे कहनेसे मेरी पत्नीको छोड़ दो। तुमने क्यों उसका अपहरण किया है? तुम लोगोंके लिये लोकपाल बनाये गये हो

Transliteration

muñca bhāryām utathyasya kasmāt tvaṁ hṛtavān asi

Translation

ອາຣຊຸນ ກ່າວວ່າ: “ຈົ່ງປ່ອຍເມຍຂອງ ອຸຕັດທະຍະ (Utathya) ເສຍ. ເຈົ້າໄດ້ພານາງໄປເພາະຫຍັງ? ພວກເຈົ້າຖືກແຕ່ງຕັ້ງເປັນຜູ້ພິທັກໂລກ ບໍ່ແມ່ນຜູ້ທຳລາຍລະບຽບສັງຄົມ. ໂສມ (Soma) ໄດ້ມອບລູກສາວຂອງລາວໃຫ້ຂ້າ; ນາງແມ່ນເມຍອັນຊອບທຳຂອງຂ້າ. ແລ້ວວັນນີ້ ເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງລັກພານາງໄປໄດ້ແນວໃດ?” ຕາມຄຳຂອງ ອຸຕັດທະຍະ, ນາຣະດະ (Nārada) ໄດ້ນຳຄຳຮ້ອງຂໍນີ້ໄປກ່າວຕໍ່ ວະຣຸນ (Varuṇa) ຈອມແຫ່ງນ້ຳ ໃຫ້ປ່ອຍນາງ ແລະຖາມເຖິງຄວາມຍຸດຕິທຳຂອງການລັກພານັ້ນ.

Word by Word

• मुच: release (you release!)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Lot, 2, 1, Parasmaipada

• भार्याम्: wife
• भार्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उतथ्यस्य: of Utathya
• Type: Noun
• Root: उतथ्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कस्मात्: from what cause? why?
• कस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• हृतवान्: has taken away / abducted
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ
• Form: Kta-vat (past active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असि: are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Lat, 2, 1, Parasmaipada

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Utathya
• Varuṇa
• Soma
• Nārada
• Utathya’s wife

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Those entrusted with guardianship (lokapālas) must uphold dharma and social order; power does not justify violating marital rights or abducting another’s wife. Even divine authorities are accountable to ethical norms.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna demands that Varuṇa release Utathya’s wife and challenges the legitimacy of her abduction, invoking the duty of world-guardians and the prior marital gift by Soma. Nārada, following Utathya’s instruction, delivers this rebuke and request to Varuṇa.