Shloka 21
Adhyaya 71 — The King’s Remorse and the Sage’s Counsel on the Necessity of a Wife
यदा तु याचिता नन्दा न ददाति नृपोत्तम ।
मूका भविष्यसीत्याह तदा तां तनयां पिता ॥
yadā tu yācitā nandā na dadāti nṛpottama / mūkā bhaviṣyasīty āha tadā tāṃ tanayāṃ pitā
Als man jedoch Nandā befragte und sie (jene Frau) nicht herausgab, o bester der Könige, da sagte ihr Vater zu seiner Tochter: „Du sollst stumm werden.“
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FAQs
Speech (vāk) is treated as a moral faculty: misuse of authority and coercive anger can ‘bind’ speech—symbolizing the breakdown of right communication within a family.
Carita with dharma-adharma illustration; not cosmological enumeration but moral narrative.
Muteness signifies blockage of expression and truth; a curse on vāk often indicates karmic sealing of secrets—what was hidden now manifests as inability to speak or relate.