Shloka 15
Adhyaya 65 — Svarocis Enjoys on the Mountain; A Debate on Marital Fidelity and Desire
एता न दयिताः पत्युर्नैतासां दयितः पतिः ।
विनोदमात्रमेवैताः यथा परिजनोऽपरः ॥
etā na dayitāḥ patyur naitāsāṃ dayitaḥ patiḥ |
vinodamātram evaitā yathā parijano 'paraḥ ||
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FAQs
Affection grounded in lust and variety is unstable; relationships reduced to entertainment lack the sanctity of mutual devotion (prema) and degrade persons into instruments of pleasure.
Not a pañcalakṣaṇa unit (sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita) per se; it belongs to ācāra–dharma instruction embedded in narrative.
The ‘retinue’ metaphor signals the fall from subject-to-subject love into objectification; spiritually, it warns that desire turns the jīva into a consumer of experiences rather than a knower of truth.