Shloka 58
चित्रसेन-समागमः / The Engagement with Citrasena and the Gandharvas
प्रथमं प्रतिबुध्यामि चरमं संविशामि च । नित्यकालमहं सत्ये एतत् संवननं मम,'सत्ये! मैं प्रतेदिन सबसे पहले उठती और सबसे पीछे सोती थी। यह पतिभक्ति और सेवा ही मेरा वशीकरण मन्त्र है
prathamaṁ pratibudhyāmi caramaṁ saṁviśāmi ca | nityakālam ahaṁ satye etat saṁvananaṁ mama ||
قال فايشَمبايانا: «يا ساتيا، إنني أنهض أولَ الناس وأضطجع آخرَهم. يا ساتيا، هذا هو سبيلي الدائم إلى استمالة زوجي: إخلاصٌ ثابت تُظهره الخدمة.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents disciplined, consistent service as an ethical form of influence: winning trust and harmony not through force or manipulation, but through daily self-restraint, responsibility, and devotion within household duty.
In Vaishampayana’s narration, a woman addresses Satya, describing her daily conduct—rising before all and sleeping after all—as the practical basis of her pativratā devotion and the way she maintains concord and influence in her marital life.