Shloka 10
Adhyaya 71 — The King’s Remorse and the Sage’s Counsel on the Necessity of a Wife
अपत्नीकॊ नरो भूप ! न योग्यॊ निजकर्मणाम् । ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियॊ वापि वैश्यः शूद्रोऽपि वा नृप ॥
apatnīko naro bhūpa na yogyo nija-karmaṇām / brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vāpi vaiśyaḥ śūdro 'pi vā nṛpa
હે રાજન! પત્ની વિના પુરુષ પોતાના સ્વધર્મમાં યોગ્ય નથી—તે બ્રાહ્મણ હોય, ક્ષત્રિય, વૈશ્ય કે શૂદ્ર પણ હોય, હે નૃપશ્રેષ્ઠ।
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FAQs
The text stresses the normative Purāṇic view that many duties—especially household rites and social responsibilities—presume a stable marital partnership; abandonment disrupts both personal and communal dharma.
Ethical instruction embedded in narrative (ancillary to vaṃśānucarita). It is not cosmological (sarga/pratisarga) nor chronological (manvantara) content.
‘Not fit for one’s own karma’ can be read as: without the balancing principle of commitment and reciprocity, action loses its sanctifying frame and becomes merely self-driven.