Shloka 16

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

Uma–Maheshvara Vrata, Shula-dana, and Month-wise Ekabhakta Vrata

Devanagari script

नियोगादेव तत्कार्यं भर्तॄणां द्विजसत्तमाः जपं दानं तपः सर्वम् अस्वतन्त्रा यतः स्त्रियः

Transliteration

niyogādeva tatkāryaṃ bhartṝṇāṃ dvijasattamāḥ japaṃ dānaṃ tapaḥ sarvam asvatantrā yataḥ striyaḥ

Translation

Ô meilleurs des deux-fois-nés, ces devoirs ne doivent être entrepris qu’avec l’autorisation du mari, car les femmes sont tenues pour non indépendantes. Ainsi, toutes les observances—japa (récitation), dāna (don) et tapas (austérité)—doivent être accomplies selon l’injonction de l’époux.

Word by Word

• नियोगात् (niyogāt): by injunction/authorization

• एव (eva): indeed/only

• तत्-कार्यं (tat-kāryam): that duty/action to be done

• भर्तॄणाम् (bhartṝṇām): of husbands

• द्विज-सत्तमाः (dvija-sattamāḥ): O best of the twice-born (Brahmin sages)

• जपम् (japam): mantra-repetition

• दानम् (dānam): charity/gifting

• तपः (tapaḥ): austerity/penance

• सर्वम् (sarvam): all

• अस्वतन्त्रा (asvatantrā): not independent

• यतः (yataḥ): because/since

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ): women

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Linga Purana dharma-teachings to the sages of Naimisharanya)