Shloka 6
Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)
ब्राह्मण उवाच यदि जीवति ते भार्या न चैव व्यभिचारिणी ।
तदपत्नी कताजन्म किं पापं क्रियते त्वया ॥
brāhmaṇa uvāca yadi jīvati te bhāryā na caiva vyabhicāriṇī | tadapatnīkatājanma kiṃ pāpaṃ kriyate tvayā ||
ব্রাহ্মণ বলল—যদি তোমার স্ত্রী জীবিত এবং অবিশ্বস্ত নয়, তবে তুমি এমন কী পাপ করেছ যে তুমি যেন স্ত্রীহীন হয়ে পড়েছ?
FAQs
The brāhmaṇa forces self-examination: if no fault lies in the wife, the ‘wife-less’ condition must be traced to one’s own actions, attitudes, or failures in dharmic conduct.
Anucarita: ethical interrogation within a narrative episode, serving as dharma-śikṣā (instruction).
‘Wife-less’ can indicate loss of supportive inner energy (śakti) due to one’s own imbalance; the verse hints that alienation often originates in the self, not the other.