Shloka 75
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
अनसूयोवाच यदि वा रोचते भद्रे ! ततस्त्वद्वचनादहम् ।
करोमि पूर्ववद्देहं भर्तारञ्च नवं तव ॥
anasūyovāca yadi vā rocate bhadre! tatas tvad-vacanād aham /
karomi pūrvavad dehaṃ bhartārañ ca navaṃ tava
অনসূয়া ক’লে—হে ভদ্ৰে! যদি এইটো তোমাৰ মনপছন্দ হয়, তেন্তে তোমাৰ কথামতে মই তোমাৰ দেহ পূৰ্ববৎ স্থাপন কৰিম—আৰু তোমাক এটা নতুন স্বামীও দান কৰিম।
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FAQs
Spiritual attainment is portrayed as most dharmic when expressed as compassionate restoration. The verse also shows consent/agency (‘if it pleases you’) as a prerequisite for the exercise of power.
Didactic narrative (upākhyāna) serving dharma instruction; not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara genealogy.
‘Restoring the body’ suggests renewal of the embodied instrument; ‘new husband’ can symbolize a transformed karmic partnership—life reconfigured through tapas when aligned with truth and compassion.