Shloka 6
Divodāsa–Mādhavī Saṃvāda: Pratardana-janma and Kanyā-niryātana (दिवोदास–माधवी संवादः / प्रतर्दन-जननम् / कन्या-निर्यातनम्)
ततस्तव भवित्रीयं पुत्राणां जननी शुभा । अरणीव हुताशानां योनिरायतलोचना
tatas tava bhavitrīyaṁ putrāṇāṁ jananī śubhā | araṇīva hutāśānāṁ yonir āyatalocanā ||
Gālava sprach: „Dann wird dieses glückverheißende, großäugige Mädchen die Mutter deiner Söhne werden. Wie die araṇī — das Feuerholz zum Reiben — der Schoß ist, aus dem die heiligen Feuer hervorgebracht werden, so wird sie die Quelle sein, aus der deine ruhmreichen Söhne hervorgehen, sobald der festgesetzte Brautpreis ordnungsgemäß entrichtet ist.“
गालव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames marriage and progeny within dharma: legitimate union is tied to agreed obligations (the stipulated payment), and the woman is honored through a sacred metaphor—likened to the araṇī that brings forth ritual fire—emphasizing responsibility, lineage, and the sanctity of generative power.
Gālava addresses a king and assures him that the maiden will bear him sons, but only after the required bride-price is fulfilled; he praises her auspicious qualities and uses the araṇī–fire imagery to describe her as the source from which the king’s sons will arise.