Shloka 11

पराशरस्य राक्षससत्रनिवृत्तिः | Paraśara’s Rakṣasa-Satra and Its Cessation

Devanagari script

चारुसर्वनवद्याड़ि पद्मेन्दुप्रतिमानने । न हाहं त्वदृते भीरु शक्ष्यामि खलु जीवितुम्‌,'भीरु! तुम्हारे सभी अंग मनोहर तथा अनिन्‍्द्य सौन्दर्यसे सुशोभित हैं। तुम्हारा मुख कमल और चन्द्रमाके समान सुशोभित होता है। मैं तुम्हारे बिना जीवित नहीं रह सकूँगा

Transliteration

cāru-sarva-navadyāṅgi padmendu-pratimānane | na hāhaṃ tvadṛte bhīru śakṣyāmi khalu jīvitum ||

Translation

गंधर्व म्हणाला—भीरु! तुझे सर्व अवयव मनोहर व निर्दोष सौंदर्याने शोभून दिसतात; तुझे मुख कमळ व चंद्रासारखे उजळते. खरेच, तुझ्यावाचून मी जगू शकणार नाही.

Word by Word

चारु-सर्व-अनवद्य-अङ्गिO you whose every limb is lovely and blameless

पद्म-इन्दु-प्रतिम-आननेO you whose face is like a lotus and the moon

नnot

अहम्I

त्वत्-ऋतेwithout you

भीरुO timid one

शक्ष्यामिI will be able

खलुindeed, surely

जीवितुम्to live

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

Gandharva (speaker)

bhīru (addressed woman, unnamed in this verse)

lotus (padma)

moon (indu)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse illustrates how intense attachment and romantic longing are expressed through poetic praise; ethically, it highlights the persuasive power of desire (kāma) and the need to discern between genuine commitment and emotionally charged flattery.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Gandharva addresses a woman with conventional poetic comparisons (lotus, moon), declaring that he cannot live without her—an attempt to win her consent through admiration and emotional urgency.