Shloka 19
Adhyāya 14: Sudēṣṇā Sends Sairandhrī to Kīcaka’s House (सुदेष्णा–सैरन्ध्री–कीचक संवादः)
निरीक्ष्य वक्त्रचन्द्रं ते लक्ष्म्मानुपमया युतम् । कृत्स्ने जगति को नेह कामस्य वशगो भवेत्
nirīkṣya vaktracandraṃ te lakṣmyānupamayā yutam | kṛtsne jagati ko neha kāmasya vaśago bhavet ||
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ເມື່ອເຫັນໃບໜ້າດັ່ງດວງຈັນຂອງເຈົ້າ ທີ່ປະດັບດ້ວຍຄວາມງາມແລະສິຣີອັນຫາທຽບບໍ່ໄດ້ ໃນໂລກທັງປວງນີ້ ຈະມີໃຜບໍ່ຕົກຢູ່ໃຕ້ອຳນາດແຫ່ງກາມ? ໃບໜ້ານັ້ນສ່ອງສະຫວ່າງດ້ວຍຮັດສະມີທິບ ຊື່ນບານໃຈ; ເຫັນແລ້ວ ຊາຍໃດຈະຢູ່ພົ້ນຈາກອຳນາດຂອງກາມໄດ້?»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the overpowering pull of sensual desire when confronted with striking beauty, implicitly pointing to the ethical need for restraint (dama) and vigilance so that attraction does not override dharma and right conduct.
In Vaiśampāyana’s narration, a speaker praises someone’s extraordinary beauty—describing a moon-like face endowed with incomparable splendor—and remarks that such a sight would naturally place men under the influence of Kāma (desire).