Shloka 57
Kāṣṭhīlā-Ākhyāna: Ratnāvalī’s Return, Co-wife Dharma, and the Phālguna Propitiation
चेतसार्चितयं चाहं पूर्वलोभेन मुह्यती । न दत्तं कंकणं पाणेर्न दत्तं कटिसूत्रकम् ॥ ५७ ॥
cetasārcitayaṃ cāhaṃ pūrvalobhena muhyatī | na dattaṃ kaṃkaṇaṃ pāṇerna dattaṃ kaṭisūtrakam || 57 ||
اور میں بھی—دلوں میں عزت پانے کے باوجود—پہلے کے لالچ میں بھٹک گئی؛ نہ ہاتھ کے لیے کنگن دیا، نہ کمر کا دھاگا بھی دیا۔
Narrator (a speaking character recounting personal failing; exact speaker not specified in the provided excerpt)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
FAQs
It highlights how lobha (greed) can delude even a respected person, and it frames generosity (dāna) as a core dharmic corrective to inner delusion.
By implying that outer respect or reputation is not enough—bhakti matures with inner purification, where greed is replaced by offering, service, and a giving disposition.
The verse is primarily a dharma/dāna teaching rather than a Vedanga technical point; the practical takeaway is ethical discipline—cultivating charity and restraint to counter greed.