Shloka 49
Vāraṇāvata-prasaṃsā and the Pāṇḍavas’ Departure (वरणावत-प्रशंसा तथा पाण्डव-प्रयाणम्)
नातिकेशीं महाप्रज्ञामुपयेमे महाव्रताम् । अन्निहोत्रे च सत्रे च दमे च सततं रताम्,उनकी उस समय कही हुई इस बातको मैं अपने मनमें सदा याद रखता था। कुछ दिनोंके बाद पितरोंकी प्रेरणासे मैंने पुत्र-प्राप्तिके लोभसे परम बुद्धिमती, महान् व्रतका पालन करनेवाली, अन्निहोत्र, सत्र तथा शम-दमके पालनमें मेरे साथ सदा संलग्न रहनेवाली शरद्वानकी पुत्री यशस्विनी कृपीसे, जिसके केश बहुत बड़े नहीं थे, विवाह किया
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: nātikeśīṃ mahāprajñām upayeme mahāvratām | agnihotre ca satre ca dame ca satataṃ ratām ||
Vaiśampāyana said: After some time, urged on by the Pitṛs and desiring a son, I married Kṛpī—Śaradvat’s daughter—whose hair was not long, who was supremely intelligent and steadfast in great vows, and who was continually devoted to the observances of the sacred fire-ritual, sacrificial sessions, and the disciplines of self-restraint. The passage frames marriage not merely as personal choice but as a dharmic act shaped by ancestral prompting and the ethical ideal of a spouse committed to ritual duty and inner control.
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