Shloka 18
तव शुश्रूषया चैव गान्धार्याश्व यशस्विनी । भर्तु: सलोकतामेषा गमिष्यति वधूस्तव
tava śuśrūṣayā caiva gāndhāryāś ca yaśasvinī | bhartuḥ salokatām eṣā gamiṣyati vadhūs tava ||
قال نارادا: «بخدمتك المخلصة—وبمواظبتها هي نفسها على خدمة غاندھاري بأمانة—ستنـال كنتُكِ الممجَّدة العالمَ نفسه الذي ناله زوجها. فبما أبدته من رعايةٍ للكبراء دون طلبٍ لنفسها وبولاءٍ ثابت، قُدِّر لها أن تشارك سيدها حاله في ما بعد الموت».
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Faithful service (śuśrūṣā)—especially toward elders like Gāndhārī—is presented as a powerful form of dharma that bears spiritual fruit, here described as attaining the same posthumous realm as one’s husband (salokatā).
Nārada foretells the spiritual outcome for the ‘vadhū’ (daughter-in-law): because of her devoted attendance on Gāndhārī and the service rendered within the household, she will attain her husband’s world after death.