Shloka 41

और्वकृत-क्रोधाग्नि-निग्रहः

Aurva’s Containment of the Wrath-Fire

Devanagari script

एवं तां स महीपालो बभाषे न तु सा तदा । कामार्त निर्जने3रण्ये प्रत्यभाषत किचन,इस प्रकार राजा संवरण उस सुन्दरीसे बहुत कुछ कह गये; परंतु उसने उस समय उस निर्जन वनमें उन कामपीड़ित नरेशको कुछ भी उत्तर नहीं दिया

Transliteration

evaṁ tāṁ sa mahīpālo babhāṣe na tu sā tadā | kāmārto nirjane 'raṇye pratyabhāṣata kiñcana ||

Translation

于是，国王三伐罗那对那位少女长久倾诉；然而就在那时，在那寂寥的林野之中，她对这位为情欲所煎迫的君王竟一句也不答。

Word by Word

एवम्thus

ताम्her

सःhe

महीपालःking (protector of the earth)

बभाषेspoke

नnot

तुbut

साshe

तदाthen/at that time

कामार्तःafflicted by desire

निर्जनेin a lonely/deserted (place)

अरण्येin the forest

प्रत्यभाषतreplied/answered

किञ्चनanything (at all)

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

Saṁvaraṇa (king)

the maiden/beautiful woman (unnamed here)

forest (araṇya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Desire-driven speech has no ethical force over another’s will; the woman’s silence in a secluded setting highlights the importance of restraint and the principle that consent cannot be presumed.

What is happening in the narrative?

King Saṁvaraṇa speaks repeatedly to a beautiful maiden in a lonely forest, but she does not respond at all at that moment, leaving his advances unanswered.