Shloka 10
The Discourse of Rukmāṅgada
Prabodhinī Ekādaśī, Kārtika-vrata, and Satya-dharma
यथा यथा हि रमसे मोहिन्या सह भूपते । तथा तथा मम प्रीतिर्वर्द्धते नात्र संशयः ॥ १० ॥
yathā yathā hi ramase mohinyā saha bhūpate | tathā tathā mama prītirvarddhate nātra saṃśayaḥ || 10 ||
ഹേ ഭൂപതേ! നീ മോഹിനിയോടൊപ്പം എത്ര എത്രയായി രമിക്കുന്നുവോ, അത്ര അത്രയായി നിനക്കുള്ള എന്റെ പ്രീതി വർദ്ധിക്കുന്നു—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല।
Unspecified narrator/speaker addressing a king (bhūpati) within the Uttara-Bhāga narrative
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shringara
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It highlights how emotional attachment can intensify in proportion to indulgence—an implicit warning about moha (delusion) that often appears in Purāṇic moral narratives addressed to kings.
By contrast: as attachment grows through repeated enjoyment, bhakti too is taught to grow through repeated remembrance and loving association with the divine—showing the Purāṇic principle that sustained focus strengthens the heart’s orientation.
Primarily Vyākaraṇa-based clarity: the correlative construction “yathā yathā … tathā tathā” expresses proportional increase, a useful grammatical pattern for precise interpretation of śāstric statements.