Shloka 16
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
श्लेष्म-मूत्र-पुरीषासृक्-प्रवाहक्षालनॆन च । रहश्चैवोपचारॆण प्रियसम्भाषणॆन च ॥
śleṣma-mūtra-purīṣāsṛk-pravāhakṣālanena ca / rahaścaivopacāreṇa priyasambhāṣaṇena ca
আর কফ, মূত্র, মল ও রক্তের স্রাব ধুয়ে; গোপনে/একান্তে সেবা করে; এবং স্নেহপূর্ণ বাক্যে সর্বদা তাঁর সঙ্গে কথা বলে।
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FAQs
The text emphasizes that true devotion and duty are tested in the most difficult, socially ‘unpleasant’ tasks; kindness in speech is paired with physical care as part of complete dharma.
An ethical exemplum (ākhyāna) illustrating dharma; not a pancalakṣaṇa cosmological unit.
Handling impurity without aversion points to inner purification: rāga-dveṣa (attachment/aversion) are confronted directly; ‘private service’ suggests humility and egolessness rather than public piety.