Shloka 66

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 103 — Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Gāndhārī Vivāha: Proposal, Consent, and the Vow

Devanagari script

तयो: पाणी गृहीत्वा तु रूपयौवनदर्पित: । विचित्रवीर्यो धर्मात्मा कामात्मा समपद्यत,उन दोनोंका पाणिग्रहण करके रूप और यौवनके अभिमानसे भरे हुए धर्मात्मा विचित्रवीर्य कामात्मा बन गये

Transliteration

tayoḥ pāṇī gṛhītvā tu rūpa-yauvana-darpitaḥ | vicitravīryo dharmātmā kāmātmā samapadyata ||

Translation

ครั้นได้ประกอบพิธีพาณิครหณ์รับมือหญิงทั้งสองแล้ว วิจิตรวีรยะผู้มีใจธรรมก็กลับถูกกามครอบงำ ด้วยความทะนงในรูปโฉมและวัยหนุ่มของตน

Word by Word

तयोःof those two (women)

पाणीtwo hands

गृहीत्वाhaving taken

तुindeed/but

रूपयौवनदर्पितःproud (inflated) due to beauty and youth

विचित्रवीर्यःVichitravīrya

धर्मात्माrighteous-souled

कामात्माlustful-souled; driven by desire

समपद्यतbecame; came to be

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vicitravīrya

the two brides (Ambikā and Ambālikā, implied by context)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights an ethical warning: dharma is not merely a label but a lived discipline. Pride in beauty and youth (rūpa-yauvana-darpa) can overpower a righteous temperament, turning one into a kāmātmā—someone led by desire—unless self-restraint is maintained.

What is happening in the narrative?

After marrying the two princesses (contextually Ambikā and Ambālikā), King Vicitravīrya takes their hands in the formal act of marriage (pāṇigrahaṇa). Thereafter, he becomes absorbed in sensual enjoyment, driven by desire and vanity.