Shloka 84
Kāṣṭhīlā-Ākhyāna: Ratnāvalī’s Return, Co-wife Dharma, and the Phālguna Propitiation
यास्यामि पुनरेवाहं तिर्यग्योनिं सहस्रशः । या भर्तुर्नापयेद्वित्तं जीवितं च शुभानने ॥ ८४ ॥
yāsyāmi punarevāhaṃ tiryagyoniṃ sahasraśaḥ | yā bharturnāpayedvittaṃ jīvitaṃ ca śubhānane || 84 ||
« Ô toi au beau visage ! Je renaîtrai encore et encore—des milliers de fois—dans des matrices animales; tel est le sort de la femme qui ne protège pas les biens de son époux, ni même sa vie. »
Unspecified (a didactic statement addressed to a woman; narrative speaker not explicit in the supplied excerpt)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It frames household responsibility (gṛhastha-dharma) as spiritually consequential: negligence that harms the spouse’s welfare is treated as adharma leading to painful karmic rebirth.
Indirectly: it emphasizes ethical conduct as the foundation that supports higher practices like Vishnu-bhakti; without dharmic integrity in daily life, spiritual progress is obstructed by adverse karma.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana or Jyotisha) is taught in this verse; it is primarily a niti/dharma instruction about protecting one’s household and spouse’s welfare.