Shloka 3
Vipula’s Guru-Obedience, Divine Flowers, and the Peril of Others’ Oaths (विपुलोपाख्यानम्—पुष्पप्राप्तिः शपथ-प्रसङ्गश्च)
कथमासां नरा: सड़ू कुर्वते कुरुनन्दन । स्त्रियो वा केषु रज्यन्ते विरज्यन्ते च ता: पुन:
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | katham āsāṃ narāḥ saṅgaṃ kurvate kurunandana | striyo vā keṣu rajyante virajyante ca tāḥ punaḥ ||
Sinabi ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “O ligaya ng angkan ng Kuru, sa anong dahilan hinahanap ng mga lalaki ang pakikisama sa mga babae? At sa anong batayan naman nagiging masuyo ang mga babae sa mga lalaki, at pagkaraan ay muling lumalayo at nawawalan ng pagkahumaling?”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ethical inquiry into the causes of human attachment and dispassion in relationships, inviting a dharma-based analysis of desire, character, and conduct rather than mere impulse.
Yudhiṣṭhira, seeking guidance, addresses Bhīṣma and asks why men pursue women’s company and what makes women become attached to, or turn away from, men—setting up Bhīṣma’s instruction on social and moral conduct.