Shloka 17
Agastya’s Encounter with Ilvala and Vātāpi; Dāna, Progeny, and the Renown of Agastya-Āśrama
यथा पितुर्ग॒हे विप्र प्रासादे शयनं मम । तथाविधे त्वं शयने मामुपैतुमिहाहसि,“ब्रह्मन! मैं अपने पिताके घर उनके महलमें जैसी शय्यापर सोया करती थी, वैसी ही शय्यापर आप मेरे साथ समागम करें
yathā pitur gṛhe vipra prāsāde śayanaṁ mama | tathāvidhe tvaṁ śayane mām upaitum ihāhasi ||
“Hỡi Bà-la-môn! Như thuở ta còn ở nhà cha, trong cung điện của người, ta vẫn nằm trên chiếc giường sang trọng thế nào, thì nơi đây ngài cũng phải đến với ta trên chiếc giường đúng như thế.”
लोगश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds expectations of propriety and status in intimate relations: the speaker frames union as something that should occur under conditions deemed fitting—here, the luxury and dignity associated with her paternal home—thereby reflecting how social rank and notions of decorum shape personal conduct.
A woman (as quoted under Lomaśa’s narration) addresses a brāhmaṇa and insists that he approach her on a bed comparable to the one she enjoyed in her father’s palace, expressing a demand for a particular standard of setting and treatment.