अधीतस्य च शास्त्रस्य विवेकस्य कुलस्य च । किमेष सदृशो धर्मो जारधर्मनिषेवणम्
adhītasya ca śāstrasya vivekasya kulasya ca | kimeṣa sadṛśo dharmo jāradharmaniṣevaṇam
“对于研习《沙斯特拉》、具足辨慧、出身高贵之人,怎会把这当作相称之法(dharma)——去行情夫之道呢?”
Sumedhā
Scene: A didactic climax: Sumedhā stands upright, pointing slightly as if defining dharma; Sāmavatī is shown listening, the romantic grove now visually subdued.
Scriptural learning and discernment must express themselves as right conduct; illicit relations are condemned as unfitting to dharma.
None; the verse is a dharma-critique rather than a sthala-māhātmya passage.
None.