Shloka 47
अध्याय ७४: अक्रोध–क्षमा–निवासनीति
Chapter 74: Non-anger, Forbearance, and the Ethics of Residence
एतस्मात् कारणादू राजन् पाणिग्रहणमिष्यते । यदाप्रोति पतिर्भार्यामिहलोके परत्र च,“राजन! इसीलिये सुशीला स्त्रीका पाणिग्रहण करना सबके लिये अभीष्ट होता है; क्योंकि पति अपनी पतिव्रता स्त्रीको इहलोकमें तो पाता ही है, परलोकमें भी प्राप्त करता है
etasmāt kāraṇādū rājan pāṇigrahaṇam iṣyate | yadāprōti patir bhāryām iha-loke paratra ca |
“O King, for this very reason the taking of a wife’s hand in marriage is held to be desirable: a husband attains his faithful wife not only in this world, but also in the world beyond.”
दुष्यन्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents marriage (pāṇigrahaṇa) as a dharmic bond whose fruit is enduring companionship: a husband is said to ‘attain’ his devoted wife both in this life and in the afterlife, emphasizing fidelity and the ethical weight of the marital rite.
Duṣyanta addresses a kingly interlocutor and justifies why formal marriage is esteemed, grounding it in the belief that a properly wedded, faithful wife remains connected to her husband across both worldly and otherworldly realms.