Shloka 14
Devanagari script
परदारेषु ये नित्यं चरित्रावृतलोचना:
Transliteration
paradāreṣu ye nityaṃ caritrāvṛtalocanāḥ
Translation
مہیشور نے کہا—جو بدکرداری سے ڈھکی ہوئی نگاہوں کے ساتھ ہمیشہ دوسروں کی بیویوں کی طرف دیکھتے رہتے ہیں…
Word by Word
परदारेषुin others' wives
परदारेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपरदार
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
येwho (those who)
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
चरित्रावृतलोचनाःthose whose eyes are veiled by (their) conduct/behavior
चरित्रावृतलोचनाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootचरित्रावृतलोचन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrī-Maheśvara (Śiva)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse begins a moral warning: habitual attention toward another’s spouse reflects a mind and vision obscured by bad conduct, implying a breach of dharma and the need for restraint and purity of character.
Śrī Maheśvara is speaking in an instructive mode, introducing a description of people whose gaze and intent are fixed on others’ wives—setting up a broader admonition about unethical desire and its consequences.