Shloka 37
Dharmāṅgada’s Discourse (Dharmāṅgadopadeśa) in the Mohinī Episode
रक्ताशोकसमानाभ्यां तव चार्वंगिसर्वशः । अन्यत्प्रयोजनं किंचित्कर्त्ताऽस्मि वशगस्तव ॥ ३७ ॥
raktāśokasamānābhyāṃ tava cārvaṃgisarvaśaḥ | anyatprayojanaṃ kiṃcitkarttā'smi vaśagastava || 37 ||
ഹേ ചാര്വംഗീ, നിന്റെ ഇരുചുണ്ടുകളും ചുവന്ന അശോകപുഷ്പങ്ങളെപ്പോലെ. ഞാൻ നിന്റെ അധീനൻ; പറയൂ, ഞാൻ നിർവഹിക്കേണ്ട മറ്റെന്ത് കാര്യമുണ്ട്?
Unspecified (a male speaker addressing a woman, within the Adhyaya narrative)
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"shringara","secondary_rasa":"bhakti","emotional_journey":"Flattery and sensual imagery (aśoka-red lips) is used to reinforce submission and readiness to serve, blending attraction with compliance."}
FAQs
The verse illustrates how attachment and admiration can lead to surrender of agency (“I am under your control”), a common narrative motif used in Purana dialogues to show the power of desire and persuasion within worldly life.
Direct bhakti to Vishnu is not explicitly taught in this shloka; instead, it functions as a contrastive worldly sentiment—highlighting how intense fixation can bind the mind, which bhakti literature often redirects toward Bhagavan for liberation.
No specific Vedanga (Śikṣā, Vyākaraṇa, Chandas, Nirukta, Kalpa, Jyotiṣa) instruction appears here; the verse is primarily poetic address (stuti) and dialogue phrasing rather than ritual or technical teaching.