वेन उवाच बालिशा बत यूयं वा अधर्मे धर्ममानिन: । ये वृत्तिदं पतिं हित्वा जारं पतिमुपासते ॥ २३ ॥
vena uvaca balisa bata yuyam va adharme dharma-maninah ye vrttidam patim hitva jaram patim upasate
- venah
- King Vena
- uvaca
- replied
- balisah
- childish
- bata
- oh
- yuyam
- all of you
- va
- indeed
- adharme
- in irreligious principles
- dharma-maninah
- accepting as religious
- ye
- all of you who
- vrttidam
- providing maintenance
- patim
- husband
- hitva
- giving up
- jaram
- paramour
- patim
- husband
- upasate
- worship.
King Vena replied: You are not at all experienced. It is very much regrettable that you are maintaining something which is not religious and are accepting it as religious. Indeed, I think you are giving up your real husband, who maintains you, and are searching after some paramour to worship.