Shloka 1363
तपसोडर्ध प्रयच्छामि पाणिग्राहस्य सत्तम । नारदजीकी यह बात सुनकर वह ऋषियोंकी सभामें उपस्थित होकर बोली --'साधुशिरोमणे! आपमें-से जो कोई मेरा पाणिग्रहण करेगा, उसे मैं अपनी तपस्याका आधा भाग दे दूँगी”
tapasārdhaṃ prayacchāmi pāṇigrāhasya sattama | nāradī jī kī yaha bāta sunkara vaha ṛṣīṇāṃ sabhāmeṃ upasthita hokara bolī— ‘sādhūśiromaṇe! āpameṃ-se jo koī merā pāṇigrahaṇa karegā, use maiṃ apnī tapasyā kā ādhā bhāga de dūṃgī’ |
Vaiśampāyana said: “I shall grant half of my ascetic merit to the worthiest man who takes my hand in marriage.” Hearing this, Nārada’s daughter came into the assembly of sages and declared: “O crest-jewel among the virtuous! Whoever among you accepts my hand, to him I will give half the fruit of my austerities.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a dharmic view of marriage as a partnership in spiritual life: the speaker offers to share the fruit of austerity with the one who accepts her hand, emphasizing shared responsibility and merit rather than mere social or material gain.
A woman identified as Nārada’s daughter appears before an assembly of sages and announces that whoever among them marries her will receive half of her ascetic merit; Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates this declaration.