Shloka 14
कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः
Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time
Devanagari script
परदारेषु ये नित्यं चरित्रावृतलोचना:
Transliteration
paradāreṣu ye nityaṃ caritrāvṛtalocanāḥ
Translation
महेश्वर उवाच—परदारेषु ये नित्यं चरित्रावृतलोचनाः…
Word by Word
परदारेषुin others' wives
परदारेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपरदार
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
येwho (those who)
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
चरित्रावृतलोचनाःthose whose eyes are veiled by (their) conduct/behavior
चरित्रावृतलोचनाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootचरित्रावृतलोचन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrī-Maheśvara (Śiva)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse begins a moral warning: habitual attention toward another’s spouse reflects a mind and vision obscured by bad conduct, implying a breach of dharma and the need for restraint and purity of character.
Śrī Maheśvara is speaking in an instructive mode, introducing a description of people whose gaze and intent are fixed on others’ wives—setting up a broader admonition about unethical desire and its consequences.