Shloka 13
कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः
Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time
Devanagari script
स्वदारनिरता ये च ऋतुकालाभिगामिन:
Transliteration
svadāraniratā ye ca ṛtukālābhigāminaḥ
Translation
ആർ സ്വന്തം ഭാര്യയോടു തന്നെ നിഷ്ഠയോടെ ഇരിക്കുകയും, ഋതുകാലത്തിൽ മാത്രം (ധർമ്മാനുസാരം) അവളെ സമീപിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നുവോ।
Word by Word
स्वदारनिरताःdevoted to one’s own wife
स्वदारनिरताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वदारनिरत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
येwho
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
ऋतुकालाभिगामिनःapproaching (their wives) only at the proper season
ऋतुकालाभिगामिनः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootऋतुकालाभिगामिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrīmaheśvara (speaker, implied by attribution)S
svadāra (one’s own wife)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse praises dharmic sexual conduct: fidelity to one’s lawful spouse and restraint through regulated conjugal relations, framed as ethical self-control within householder life.
Śrīmaheśvara is listing or describing virtuous categories of people; here he identifies those who are faithful to their own wives and engage in marital relations only at the proper, prescribed time.