Shloka 18

Devanagari script

इच्छामि त्वां स्रग्विणं च भूषणैश्न विभूषितम्‌ । उपसर्तु यथाकामं दिव्याभरणभूषिता,“मैं चाहती हूँ कि आप सुन्दर हार और आभूषणोंसे विभूषित हों और मैं भी दिव्य अलंकारोंसे अलंकृत हो इच्छानुसार आपके साथ समागम-सुखका अनुभव करूँ

Transliteration

icchāmi tvāṁ sragviṇaṁ ca bhūṣaṇaiś ca vibhūṣitam | upasartuṁ yathākāmaṁ divyābharaṇabhūṣitā ||

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าปรารถนาให้ท่านประดับด้วยพวงมาลัยและเครื่องประดับ; และข้าพเจ้าเองก็จะตกแต่งด้วยอาภรณ์ทิพย์ แล้วเข้าหาท่านตามปรารถนาเพื่อเสวยสุขแห่งการร่วมสังวาส

Word by Word

इच्छामिI desire / I wish

त्वाम्you

स्रग्विणम्garlanded

चand

भूषणैःwith ornaments

विभूषितम्adorned

उपसर्तुम्to approach / to come near

यथाas / according to

कामम्desire; wish

दिव्यdivine

आभरणornament

भूषिताadorned (she, I)

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lomaśa

garland (sraj)

ornaments/jewelry (bhūṣaṇa, ābharaṇa)

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 the ethical tension between kāma (desire) and dharma (restraint and right conduct). It illustrates how allure and luxury can be used to entice, thereby testing a person’s self-mastery and adherence to propriety.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker expresses a wish to see the other person richly adorned and declares her own intention—also ornamented—to approach and enjoy union at will. The moment functions as an episode of seduction/temptation within the broader Vana Parva narrative.