Shloka 48
Adhyāya 152 — Bhīṣma’s Authorization for Yudhiṣṭhira’s Return to the Capital (नगरप्रवेशानुज्ञा)
कल्योत्थानरतिर्नित्यं गहशुश्रूषणे रता । सुसम्मृष्टक्षया चैव गोशकृत्कृतलेपना
kalyotthānaratir nityaṁ gṛhaśuśrūṣaṇe ratā | susammṛṣṭakṣayā caiva gośakṛtkṛtalepanā ||
যি নাৰী নিত্যে যথাসময়ে পুৱাতে উঠাত আনন্দ পায়, গৃহশুশ্ৰূষা আৰু গৃহকাৰ্যত ৰত থাকে, ঘৰ ভালদৰে ঝাড়ু দি পৰিষ্কাৰ ৰাখে আৰু গোবৰ-লেপনে পবিত্ৰ কৰে—সেই নাৰী গৃহধৰ্মৰ শৃঙ্খলাত স্থিত হৈ সতী-ধৰ্মৰ ফল লাভ কৰে।
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises disciplined household conduct—rising properly, serving the home, maintaining cleanliness, and ritual purity—as a form of dharma that yields the merit associated with satī-dharma (virtuous wifely conduct).
Śrīmahēśvara is describing the qualities of an ideal householder-wife, emphasizing daily routine, service, and purification practices as ethically and religiously meritorious.