Shloka 766
योग–सांख्यसमन्वयः, रथोपमा, व्यक्त–अव्यक्तविवेकः
Yoga–Sāṃkhya Synthesis, Chariot Allegory, and the Vyakta–Avyakta Distinction
अन्वशासच्च भर्तरें समाहूयाभिजल्पति । सास-ससुरके सामने ही बहू सेवकोंपर शासन करने लगी है। वह पतिको भी आदेश देती है और सबके सामने पतिको बुलाकर उससे बात करती है
anvaśāsac ca bhartāraṃ samāhūyābhijalpati | sāśvaśura-sāmne hi vadhūḥ sevakān prati śāsanaṃ karoti | sā patim api ājñāpayati sarveṣāṃ purataḥ patim āhūya tena saha jalpati ||
Śakra said: “She even issues commands to her husband and, calling him over, speaks to him in a familiar, overbearing way. In the very presence of her mother-in-law and father-in-law, the daughter-in-law begins to rule over the household servants. She gives orders even to her husband and, before everyone, summons him and talks to him.”
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights norms of household dharma: restraint in speech, respect toward elders, and avoiding public humiliation or domination within family relationships—especially between spouses and in the presence of in-laws.
Śakra describes a situation of domestic impropriety: a daughter-in-law openly commands servants and even her husband, summoning and addressing him publicly before the elders of the house, indicating a breakdown of respectful familial conduct.