Shloka 31

Devanagari script

मृगयाक्षा: स्त्रिय: पान॑ प्रसंगा निन्दिता बुधैः । दृश्यन्ते पुरुषाश्चात्र सम्प्रयुक्ता बहुश्ुता:

Transliteration

mṛgayākṣāḥ striyaḥ pāna-prasaṅgā ninditā budhaiḥ | dṛśyante puruṣāś cātra samprayuktā bahuśrutāḥ ||

Translation

ພະຣາຊາຈະນະກະ ກ່າວວ່າ: “ສະຕຣີທີ່ມີ ‘ສາຍຕານັກລ່າ’ ແລະການພົວພັນກັບການດື່ມເຫຼົ້າ ຖືກນັກປັນຍາຕໍານິ. ແຕ່ໃນນີ້ກໍເຫັນຜູ້ຊາຍເຊັ່ນກັນ—ແມ່ນແມ່ນຜູ້ທີ່ຂື້ນຊື່ວ່າຮູ້ຫຼາຍ—ກໍຕິດພັນ ແລະຖືກຜູກມັດຢູ່ໃນກິດເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ.”

Word by Word

मृगयाक्षाःwomen with hunting-eyes / women intent on hunting (men)

स्त्रियःwomen

पानdrinking

प्रसङ्गाःattachments / indulgences / entanglements

निन्दिताःcensured

बुधैःby the wise

दृश्यन्तेare seen / appear

पुरुषाःmen

चand

अत्रhere

सम्प्रयुक्ताःassociated / engaged / joined (with them)

बहुश्रुताःlearned / much-heard (well-versed)

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Janaka

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 indulgence in intoxicants and sensual entanglements is ethically blameworthy, and that even the learned can become ensnared; therefore wisdom must be joined with self-restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

King Janaka is speaking in a didactic context, pointing out common moral failings—attachment to drink and to seductive company—and observing that such faults are not limited to the ignorant but are also found among reputedly learned men.