Shloka 9
अध्याय १२८: शिव–उमा संवादः — तिलोत्तमा, श्मशान-मेध्यता, तथा चातुर्वर्ण्य-धर्मः
Chapter 128: Śiva–Umā Dialogue—Tilottamā, the Ritual Valence of the Śmaśāna, and the Fourfold Duty-Code
ब्राह्मण उवाच विदेशस्थो विलोकस्थो विना नूनं सुहृज्जनै: । विषयानतुलान् भुड्क्षे तेनासि हरिण: कृश:
brāhmaṇa uvāca | videśastho vilokastho vinā nūnaṃ suhṛjjanaiḥ | viṣayān atulān bhuṅkṣe tenāsi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ ||
Vị Bà-la-môn nói: “Hỡi rākṣasa, hẳn là ngươi sống nơi đất khách, ở giữa người xa lạ, lìa khỏi những bằng hữu thiện tâm. Ngươi hưởng thụ những đối tượng dục lạc khó sánh; vì thế, như con nai, ngươi gầy rộc đi—sự tái nhợt và tiều tụy của ngươi tố lộ nỗi lo âu trong lòng.”
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights an ethical insight: separation from supportive, virtuous companionship and immersion in alluring sense-pleasures often produces inner unrest. External enjoyment can coexist with (and even mask) anxiety, which shows itself as decline in vitality—hence the image of becoming ‘deer-like’ and thin.
A Brahmin addresses the other party (contextually treated as a rākṣasa in the Gita Press rendering), observing that he lives away from his well-wishers among strangers and indulges in exceptional enjoyments. The Brahmin infers from his emaciated, pale condition that worry or mental strain is consuming him despite outward pleasures.