Shloka 15
Adhyaya 65 — Svarocis Enjoys on the Mountain; A Debate on Marital Fidelity and Desire
एता न दयिताः पत्युर्नैतासां दयितः पतिः ।
विनोदमात्रमेवैताः यथा परिजनोऽपरः ॥
etā na dayitāḥ patyur naitāsāṃ dayitaḥ patiḥ |
vinodamātram evaitā yathā parijano 'paraḥ ||
یہ عورتیں حقیقت میں شوہر کی محبوب نہیں، اور نہ ہی وہ شوہر ان کے لیے سچ مچ محبوب ہے۔ وہ صرف دل لگی کے لیے ہیں—گھر کے دوسرے خادموں کی مانند۔
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FAQs
Affection grounded in lust and variety is unstable; relationships reduced to entertainment lack the sanctity of mutual devotion (prema) and degrade persons into instruments of pleasure.
Not a pañcalakṣaṇa unit (sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita) per se; it belongs to ācāra–dharma instruction embedded in narrative.
The ‘retinue’ metaphor signals the fall from subject-to-subject love into objectification; spiritually, it warns that desire turns the jīva into a consumer of experiences rather than a knower of truth.