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Shloka 4

Kīcaka-vadha-pratisaṃjñā: Rumor in Matsya and the Kaurava Scouts’ Report (कीचकवध-प्रतिसंज्ञा)

यथारूपा च सैरन्ध्री गन्धर्वाश्न महाबला: । पुंसामिष्टश्ष विषयो मैथुनाय न संशय:,'सैरन्ध्रीका जैसा अप्रतिम रूप-सौन्दर्य है, वह सबको विदित ही है। उसके पति गन्धर्व भी बड़े बलवान हैं। पुरुषोंको मैथुनके लिये विषयभोग अभीष्ट है ही; इसमें संशय नहीं है

yathārūpā ca sairandhrī gandharvāś ca mahābalāḥ | puṁsām iṣṭaś ca viṣayo maithunāya na saṁśayaḥ ||

ไซรันธรีมีรูปโฉมงดงามหาที่เปรียบมิได้ เป็นที่ประจักษ์แก่คนทั้งหลาย และสามีคันธรรพ์ของนางก็ทรงพละยิ่งนัก อนึ่ง สำหรับบุรุษ ความใคร่ในอารมณ์แห่งกาม—โดยเฉพาะความปรารถนาเพื่อการร่วมสังวาส—ย่อมเป็นที่พึงใจโดยธรรมชาติ หาใช่สิ่งน่าสงสัยไม่

यथाas, in the manner that
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
रूपाhaving beauty/form; (her) beauty
रूपा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरूप
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सैरन्ध्रीthe maid/attendant (Sairandhrī)
सैरन्ध्री:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसैरन्ध्री
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
गन्धर्वःGandharva (her husband)
गन्धर्वः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
असौthat (man), he
असौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअसौ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महाबलःvery strong, mighty
महाबलः:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाबल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुंसाम्of men
पुंसाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपुंस्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
इष्टःdesired, agreeable
इष्टः:
TypeAdjective
Rootइष्ट
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विषयःobject (of enjoyment), sense-object
विषयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविषय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मैथुनायfor sexual union
मैथुनाय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootमैथुन
FormNeuter, Dative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
S
Sairandhrī
G
Gandharvas

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights a moral-psychological fact: sensual desire, especially sexual desire, commonly arises in men; therefore ethical restraint and respect for boundaries are crucial, particularly when confronted with beauty and perceived vulnerability.

Vaiśampāyana describes the Sairandhrī’s renowned beauty and notes that her (claimed) Gandharva husbands are very powerful, while also remarking on men’s inclination toward sexual enjoyment—setting the context for the danger of improper advances and the consequences that follow in the Virāṭa court episode.