Shloka 66

Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata

Sanskrit

जानाम्येतन्न नारीणां काचित् पतिसमा गतिः ।

तत्प्रीतिश्चोपकाराय इह लोके परत्र च ॥

Transliteration

jānāmy etan na nārīṇāṃ kācit pati-samā gatiḥ | tat-prītiś copakārāya iha loke paratra ca ||

Translation

Dies weiß ich: Für Frauen gibt es keinen Weg (Zuflucht/Ziel), der dem Gatten gleichkäme; und ihn zufriedenzustellen ist heilsam — in dieser Welt wie in der nächsten.

Word by Word

• jānāmi: I know
• jānāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (धातु)
• Form: Present/laṭ (लट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-निपात)

• nārīṇām: of women
• nārīṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• kācit: any (some)
• kācit: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); indefinite ‘some’

• pati-samā: equal to the husband
• pati-samā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• gatiḥ: course/goal/destiny
• gatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• tat-prītiḥ: his pleasure/satisfaction
• tat-prītiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• upakārāya: for benefit
• upakārāya: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• paratra: hereafter/there
• paratra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paratra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देश/कालवाचक अव्यय)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

Speakers

• Putra addressing Anasūyā

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Household ethics
• Merit across worlds
• Strī-dharma (textual norm)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse asserts a normative ethic of marital devotion as a primary dharmic orientation for women, tying domestic harmony to worldly and posthumous welfare.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Falls under dharma instruction rather than cosmology/genealogy/manvantara chronicles.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Gati’ can be read inwardly as the mind’s chosen axis: the text valorizes unwavering commitment to one’s dharmic center as the means to stability across changing states (iha/paratra).