Shloka 18
Parṇāda’s Report; Bāhuka’s Counsel; Damayantī’s Strategic Svayaṃvara Message (अध्याय ६८)
कामभोगै: प्रियैहीनां हीनां बन्धुजनेन च । देहं संधारयन्तीं हि भर्तृदर्शनकाड्क्षया,यह राजकन्या प्रिय कामभोगोंसे वंचित है। अपने बन्धुजनोंसे बिछुड़ी हुई है और पतिके दर्शनकी इच्छासे अपने (दीन-दुर्बल) शरीरको धारण कर रही है
kāmabhogaiḥ priyair hīnāṁ hīnāṁ bandhujanena ca | dehaṁ sandhārayantīṁ hi bhartṛ-darśana-kāṅkṣayā ||
Yudhiṣṭhira disse: “Ela foi privada dos prazeres amados do amor e do conforto; e também separada de seus próprios parentes. Ainda assim, sustentada apenas pelo anseio de ver o marido, continua a suportar este corpo frágil.”
युदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights endurance grounded in loyal love: even when comfort and family support are lost, steadfast longing for one’s rightful bond (here, the husband) can sustain a person through suffering, inviting compassion rather than judgment.
Yudhiṣṭhira describes a royal maiden who has been cut off from pleasures and separated from her relatives; she remains alive and bears her weakened body only because she yearns to see her husband.