Shloka 70
Kirmīra-rākṣasa-saṃgamaḥ (Encounter and Slaying of Kirmīra) | किर्मीरेण सह भीमसेनसमागमः
आत्मा हि जायते तस्यां तस्माज्जाया भवत्युत । भर्ता च भार्यया रक्ष्य: कथं जायान्ममोदरे,अपना आत्मा ही स्त्रीके गर्भसे जन्म लेता है; इसीलिये वह जाया कहलाती है। पत्नीको भी अपने पतिकी रक्षा इसीलिये करनी चाहिये कि यह किसी प्रकार मेरे उदरसे जन्म ग्रहण करे
ātmā hi jāyate tasyāṃ tasmāj jāyā bhavaty uta | bhartā ca bhāryayā rakṣyaḥ kathaṃ jāyān mamodare ||
قال فَيْشَمْبَايَنَة: «حقًّا إنّ ذاتَ المرء تُولَدُ منها؛ فلذلك تُدعى “جايَا” (الزوجة). وعلى الزوجة أيضًا أن تحمي زوجَها—لكي يولد، على نحوٍ ما، من جديدٍ في رحمي».
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames marriage as reciprocal dharma: the wife is honored as ‘jāyā’ because the husband’s continuation (as offspring) is born through her, and therefore she has a duty to protect the husband so that progeny and lineage may be sustained.
Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, reports a teaching on household ethics, emphasizing the wife’s role and responsibility within the marital bond, especially the idea of safeguarding the husband for the sake of future birth/continuity through children.