Shloka 45

योग–सांख्यसमन्वयः, रथोपमा, व्यक्त–अव्यक्तविवेकः

Yoga–Sāṃkhya Synthesis, Chariot Allegory, and the Vyakta–Avyakta Distinction

Devanagari script

नैवाकाशे न पशुषु वियोनौ च न पर्वसु । इन्द्रियस्य विसर्ग ते रोचयन्ति कदाचन,वे आकाशमें, पशुओंमें, विपरीत योनिमें तथा पर्वके अवसरोंपर वीर्यत्याग करना कदापि अच्छा नहीं मानते थे

Transliteration

naivākāśe na paśuṣu viyonau ca na parvasu | indriyasya visarga te rocayanti kadācana ||

Translation

శక్రుడు పలికెను—వారు ఆకాశమున (బహిరంగముగా) గాని, పశువులయందు గాని, విపరీత యోనియందు గాని, పర్వదినములలో గాని—ఎప్పుడును ఇంద్రియవిసర్గమును (వీర్యత్యాగమును) సమ్మతించుచుండిరి కాదు।

Word by Word

नnot

एवindeed/just

आकाशेin the sky/space

नnot

पशुषुamong animals

वियोनौin an improper/unnatural womb (yoni)

चand

नnot

पर्वसुon festival/holy occasions (parva-days)

इन्द्रियस्यof the organ/sense-organ

विसर्गःdischarge/emission

तेthey

नnot

रोचयन्तिapprove/consider pleasing

कदाचनever/at any time

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

श

शक्र (Śakra/Indra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches disciplined sexual ethics: emission/sexual activity should not occur in improper places (public/exposed), with animals, in unsuitable or forbidden unions, or on sacred/festival occasions. Restraint and propriety are presented as dharmic standards.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śakra (Indra) is describing a normative code of conduct attributed to exemplary people: they did not approve of indiscriminate sexual release, emphasizing regulation by place, partner, and time as part of righteous living.