Shloka 10
Honoring the Mother (Mātṛpūjanam): Consent, Equity, and Dana to Restore Household Dharma
संध्यावलीसमा नारी त्रैलोक्ये नास्ति भूमिप । तव स्नेहनिबद्धांगी संभोजयति षड्रसैः ॥ १० ॥
saṃdhyāvalīsamā nārī trailokye nāsti bhūmipa | tava snehanibaddhāṃgī saṃbhojayati ṣaḍrasaiḥ || 10 ||
হে ভূপতি, ত্ৰিলোকত সন্ধ্যাৱলীৰ সমান নাৰী নাই। তোমাৰ প্ৰতি স্নেহে আবদ্ধ দেহ-মন লৈ তাই ষড়ৰসৰ আহাৰে তোমাক তৃপ্ত আৰু আনন্দিত কৰে।
Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller addressing a king)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It frames loving service (seva) and attentive care as a dharmic expression of relationship—showing how affection can manifest through nourishing, well-ordered household conduct.
Though not explicitly about Vishnu-bhakti, it mirrors a bhakti principle: devotion becomes tangible through dedicated service meant to please the beloved—here illustrated in a human relationship.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana or Jyotisha) is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is dharmic hospitality and the classical Ayurvedic/culinary idea of ṣaḍ-rasa (six tastes) used to satisfy and nourish.