Shloka 74
Sudeva Identifies Damayantī in Cedi (सुदेवेन दमयन्ती-परिचयः)
वयसा तुल्यतां प्राप्ता सखी तव भवत्वियम् | एतया सह मोदस्व निरुद्धिग्नमना: सदा,“यह अवस्थामें तुम्हारे समान है, अतः तुम्हारी सखी होकर रहे। तुम इसके साथ सदा प्रसन्नचित्त एवं आनन्दमग्न रहो”
vayasā tulyatāṃ prāptā sakhī tava bhavatv iyam | etayā saha modasva niruddhignamanāḥ sadā |
Wika ni Bṛhadaśva: “Naabot na niya ang gulang na kapantay mo; kaya manatili siya bilang iyong kasama at kaibigang tapat. Mamuhay kang kasama niya sa kagalakan—laging panatilihing malaya ang iyong isip sa dalamhati at anumang pagpipigil.”
बृहदश्चव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse advises cultivating supportive companionship and maintaining a mind free from distress—an ethical emphasis on emotional steadiness and social bonds as aids to dharma in difficult circumstances.
Bṛhadaśva instructs the listener to accept a girl/woman of the same age as a close companion and to live with her cheerfully, indicating a deliberate arrangement meant to comfort, stabilize, and restore joy.