Shloka 8
Adhyāya 14: Sudēṣṇā Sends Sairandhrī to Kīcaka’s House (सुदेष्णा–सैरन्ध्री–कीचक संवादः)
का देवरूपा हृदयड्भमा शुभे ह्याचक्ष्व मे कस्य कुतो5त्र शोभने । चित्त हि निर्मथ्य करोति मां वशे न चान्यदत्रौषधमस्ति मे मतम्
kā devarūpā hṛdayaṅgamā śubhe hy ācakṣva me kasya kuto ’tra śobhane | cittaṃ hi nirmathya karoti māṃ vaśe na cānyad atrauṣadham asti me matam ||
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ນາງຜູ້ເປັນມົງຄຸນ, ນາງນີ້ແມ່ນໃຜ ຜູ້ມີຮູບງາມດັ່ງເທວະທິດາ ແລະເຂົ້າມາຍຶດຫົວໃຈຂ້າ? ໂອ ນາງຜູ້ງາມ, ຈົ່ງບອກຂ້າ: ນາງເປັນເມຍຂອງໃຜ ແລະມາຈາກໃສມາທີ່ນີ້? ນາງກວນຈິດໃຈຂ້າໃຫ້ປັ່ນປ່ວນ ແລະນຳຂ້າໃຫ້ຢູ່ໃນອຳນາດນາງ. ສຳລັບຄວາມທຸກນີ້ ຂ້າບໍ່ເຫັນຢາອື່ນໃດ ນອກຈາກການໄດ້ນາງ».
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how overpowering attraction can disturb discernment: the mind is ‘churned’ and one feels compelled, imagining a single object as the only ‘remedy.’ Ethically, it warns that desire can masquerade as necessity, urging vigilance and self-restraint.
A speaker, overwhelmed by the sight of a woman described as divinely beautiful, asks an attendant/confidante to identify her—whose wife she is and where she came from—confessing that his mind has been agitated and he feels there is no cure except obtaining her.