Shloka 22

Adhyaya 65 — Svarocis Enjoys on the Mountain; A Debate on Marital Fidelity and Desire

Sanskrit

आकृष्टघ्राणपुटका जिघ्रन्तीस्तास्ततो मृगीः ।

उवाच स मृगो रामा लज्जात्यागेन गम्यताम् ॥

Transliteration

ākṛṣṭaghrāṇapuṭakā jighrantīs tāstato mṛgīḥ |

uvāca sa mṛgo rāmā lajjātyāgena gamyatām ||

Translation

ସେହି ହରିଣୀମାନେ ନାସିକା ଆଗକୁ ଟାଣି ତାକୁ ଘ୍ରାଣ କରୁଥିବାବେଳେ, ସେ ହରିଣ କହିଲା—“ହେ ସୁନ୍ଦରୀମାନେ, ଲଜ୍ଜା ପରିତ୍ୟାଗ କରି ଯାଅ।”

Word by Word

• ākṛṣṭa-ghrāṇa-puṭakāḥ: with contracted nostrils
• ākṛṣṭa-ghrāṇa-puṭakāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√kṛṣ (धातु) → ākṛṣṭa (कृदन्त) + ghrāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + puṭaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'having drawn-in nostril-tips' (i.e., nostrils contracted) qualifying mṛgyaḥ (implied)/tāḥ

• jighrantīḥ: smelling/sniffing
• jighrantīḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ghrā (धातु) → jighrantī (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; 'smelling' (object of uvāca? syntactically describes tāḥ)

• tāḥ: those (fem.)
• tāḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; refers to the does

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): 'then/thereupon'

• mṛgīḥ: female deer
• mṛgīḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛgī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; apposition to tāḥ

• uvāca: said/spoke
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mṛgaḥ: the deer (male)
• mṛgaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; apposition to saḥ

• rāmāḥ: O lovely ones
• rāmāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāmā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), बहुवचन; address to the does as 'lovely ones'

• lajjā-tyāgena: by giving up shame
• lajjā-tyāgena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lajjā (प्रातिपदिक) + tyāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental of means: 'by abandoning shame'

• gamyatām: go (please)/let (one) go
• gamyatām: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; impersonal command: 'let it be gone/you should go'

Speakers

• The deer speaking to the does (anthropomorphic moral dialogue)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shringara", "secondaryRasa": "bibhatsa", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Modesty (lajjā)
• Satire/irony
• Social ethics
• Instruction through animals

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The line is ironic: it exposes a world where shamelessness becomes the ‘method’ for pursuit. By putting it in the deer’s mouth, the text critiques normalized impropriety.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Not pañcalakṣaṇa; it is nīti conveyed via animal fable inside the Purāṇic frame.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Abandoning shame’ hints at the loss of inner guardrails (hri/lajjā) that protect sattva; when dropped, the senses lead the mind outward without restraint.