Shloka 4
आदि पर्व — अध्याय ८३: ययाति-इन्द्र-संवादः तथा अष्टक-प्रश्नः
Yayāti–Indra Dialogue and Aṣṭaka’s Inquiry
नाहमन्यायत: काममाचरामि शुचिस्मिते । तस्मादृषेर्ममापत्यमिति सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते,शुचिस्मिते! मैं न्यायविरुद्ध कामका आचरण नहीं करती। उन ऋषिसे ही मुझे संतान पैदा हुई है, यह तुमसे सत्य कहती हूँ
nāham anyāyataḥ kāmam ācarāmi śucismite | tasmād ṛṣer mama āpatyam iti satyaṁ bravīmi te, śucismite ||
“噢，笑容清净的你，我绝不以违背公正与正行的方式追逐欲望。因此我对你说实话：我所怀之子，正是那位圣仙的后裔。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Desire (kāma) must be governed by nyāya/dharma; one should not act unjustly, and one should speak the truth about morally sensitive matters such as lineage.
A woman, addressed as “śucismitā,” defends her conduct: she insists she has not acted against right conduct and truthfully states that her child was begotten by a sage (ṛṣi), implying a dharmically sanctioned origin rather than illicit behavior.