त्वय्य् अधीना हि मे प्राणाः किंनरोद्गीतभाषिणि ॥
चारुसर्वानवद्याङ्गि पद्मेन्दुसदृशानने ॥
न ह्य् अहं त्वद् ऋते भीरु शक्ष्ये जीवितुम् आत्मना ॥
तस्मात् कुरु विशालाक्षि मय्य् अनुक्रोशम् अङ्गने ॥
भक्तं माम् असितापाङ्गे न परित्यक्तुम् अर्हसि ॥
त्वं हि मां प्रीतियोगेन त्रातुम् अर्हसि भामिनि ॥
गान्धर्वेण च मां भीरु विवाहेनैहि सुन्दरि ॥
विवाहानां हि रम्भोरु गान्धर्वः श्रेष्ठ उच्यते ॥
tvayy adhīnā hi me prāṇāḥ kiṃnarodgītabhāṣiṇi ||
cārusarvānavadyāṅgi padmendusadṛśānane ||
na hy ahaṃ tvad ṛte bhīru śakṣye jīvitum ātmanā ||
tasmāt kuru viśālākṣi mayy anukrośam aṅgane ||
bhaktaṃ mām asitāpāṅge na parityaktum arhasi ||
tvaṃ hi māṃ prītiyogena trātum arhasi bhāmini ||
gāndharveṇa ca māṃ bhīru vivāhenaihi sundari ||
vivāhānāṃ hi rambhoru gāndharvaḥ śreṣṭha ucyate ||
"For my life depends upon you, whose voice is like the song of the kinnaras, lovely one, faultless in every limb, with a face like the lotus and the moon. Without you, O timid one, I shall not be able to live by myself; therefore show compassion toward me, O wide-eyed maiden. Me, devoted to you, O dark-eyed one, you must not abandon; you must save me through the bond of love, O beautiful one. And unite with me in gandharva marriage, O beautiful one; for of marriages, O you of lovely thighs, the gandharva is said to be the best."
560a3874d34c · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:29:43 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the king seeks union at once — by mutual attraction. It is telling that he calls for a gandharva marriage, which is accomplished by the consent of the lovers alone, without rite or elders: passion hurries, seeking the shortest path. Here it is revealed that even a permitted form of marriage does not set aside prudence: the haste of passion is prone to bypass due order. So the verse shows the impatience of one in love, ready for union at once; and his impulse will soon be balanced by the wisdom of the maiden, who calls for the consent of her elders.