Shloka 19

Nāvyāśrama-nirmāṇa and Ṛśyaśṛṅga’s Distraction (नाव्याश्रमनिर्माणम्—ऋश्यशृङ्गस्य विचलनम्)

Devanagari script

तस्यां गतायां मदनेन मत्तो विचेतनश्वाभवदृष्यशृड्रः । तामेव भावेन गतेन शून्ये विनि:श्वसन्नार्तरूपो बभूव,उसके चले जानेपर उसके अनुरागसे उन्मत्त मुनिकुमार ऋष्यशृंग अचेत-से हो गये। उस निर्जन स्थानमें उनकी मनोवृति उसीकी ओर लगी रही और वे लंबी साँस खींचते हुए अत्यन्त व्यथित हो उठे

Transliteration

tasyāṃ gatāyāṃ madanena matto vicetanaś cābhavad ṛṣyaśṛṅgaḥ | tām eva bhāvena gatena śūnye viniḥśvasann ārta-rūpo babhūva |

Translation

ती निघून गेल्यावर कामाने मत्त झालेला ऋष्यशृंग जणू अचेत झाला. त्या ओस पडलेल्या जागी त्याचे मन तिच्याच विचारात गुंतले आणि तो दीर्घ श्वास टाकीत अत्यंत व्याकुळ झाला.

Word by Word

तस्याम्in her / when she

गतायाम्having gone (when she had gone)

मदनेनby love / by passion (Cupid)

मत्तःmaddened, intoxicated

विचेतनःunconscious, senseless

अभवत्became

ऋश्यशृङ्गःR̥śyaśṛṅga (name)

ताम्her

एवindeed, only

भावेनby (his) feeling/mental state

गतेनgone, directed (towards)

शून्येin the empty/deserted (place)

विनिःश्वसन्sighing, breathing out

आर्तरूपःhaving a distressed appearance

बभूवbecame, came to be

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ṛ

Ṛṣyaśṛṅga

Madana (Kāma)

the departed woman (unnamed in this verse)

a deserted/empty place (śūnya-sthāna)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how unchecked desire (kāma) can overpower awareness and stability, producing suffering and loss of discernment; ethical self-mastery requires vigilance over the mind’s attachments.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the woman leaves, Ṛṣyaśṛṅga becomes overwhelmed by longing; in the now-deserted place he keeps thinking only of her, sighing and appearing deeply distressed.