Shloka 62
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
अथ जीवति ते भर्ता प्रोषितो5प्यथवा क्वचित् | अगम्या परभार्येति चतुर्थो धर्मसंकर:
atha jīvati te bhartā proṣito 'py athavā kvacit | agamyā parabhāryeti caturtho dharmasaṅkaraḥ ||
阇那迦说道：“若你的丈夫仍然在世——即便只是远离家门、寄居他处——你便是他人之妻，于我而言全然不可触及。在此情形下，此等行径便成了第四种‘法之杂乱’（dharmasaṅkara），一种混淆并扰乱正法界限的越轨。”
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts a clear ethical boundary: if a woman’s husband is alive—even if absent—she remains ‘another man’s wife’ and is therefore not a legitimate object of approach. Violating this boundary is framed as dharmasaṅkara, a disruptive moral confusion that undermines social and ethical order.
Janaka is speaking to a woman and evaluating the propriety of any relationship with her. He states that if her husband is living (even abroad), she is forbidden to him, and that any contrary behavior constitutes a specific category of fault termed the ‘fourth’ dharmasaṅkara.