Shloka 35
और्वोपाख्यानम्
Aurva Episode: Restoration of Sight and Restraint of World-Destructive Anger
गन्धर्व्युवाच त्रायस्व मां महाभाग पति चेम॑ विमुज्च मे । गन्धर्वी शरण प्राप्ता नाम्ना कुम्भीनसी प्रभो,गन्धर्वी बोली--महाभाग! मेरी रक्षा कीजिये और मेरे इन पतिदेवको आप छोड़ दीजिये। प्रभो! मैं गन्धर्वपत्नी कुम्भीनसी आपकी शरणमें आयी हूँ
Gandharvy uvāca: trāyasva māṁ mahābhāga patiṁ cemaṁ vimuñca me | gandharvī śaraṇa-prāptā nāmnā kumbhīnasī prabho ||
Wika ng Gandharvī: “O marangal, ingatan mo ako, at pakawalan mo ang asawa kong ito. O panginoon, ako’y isang Gandharvī na dumulog upang magkanlungan; ang pangalan ko’y Kumbhīnasī.” Itinatampok ng taludtod ang diwa ng śaraṇāgati (pagdulog para sa pag-iingat): ang marupok na nagsusumamo sa makapangyarihan na magbigay ng kaligtasan at umiwas sa di-makatarungang pagpigil.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person who seeks refuge (śaraṇa-prāptā) invokes a moral claim upon the strong: protection should be granted, and coercion or captivity should be relinquished. The verse highlights compassion and restraint as aspects of dharma.
A Gandharvī named Kumbhīnasī speaks as a supplicant, asking an addressed ‘lord’ to protect her and to release her husband, indicating that the husband is being held or restrained in the ongoing episode.