Shloka 44
कान्तारेष्वपि विश्रामो जनस्यथाध्वनिकस्य वै | यः सदार: स विश्वास्यस्तस्माद् दारा: परा गति:,“परदेशमें यात्रा करनेवाले पुरुषके साथ यदि उसकी स्त्री हो तो वह घोर-से-घोर जंगलमें भी विश्राम पा सकता है--सुखसे रह सकता है। लोक-व्यवहारमें भी जिसके स्त्री है, उसीपर सब विश्वास करते हैं। इसलिये स्त्री ही पुरुषकी श्रेष्ठ गति है
kāntāreṣv api viśrāmo janasya athādhvanikasya vai | yaḥ sadāraḥ sa viśvāsyas tasmād dārāḥ parā gatiḥ ||
Duṣyanta said: Even in the wilderness, a traveller can find rest and ease when his wife is with him. In ordinary social dealings too, the man who has a wife is regarded as trustworthy; therefore, a wife is a man’s highest refuge and support.
दुष्यन्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that marriage—symbolized by the wife’s companionship—provides security, emotional steadiness, and social credibility; a married man is seen as more reliable, and the wife is portrayed as a supreme support in life’s hardships.
King Duṣyanta is speaking, reflecting on the value of a wife in practical life: even during difficult travel through dangerous forests, her presence brings rest and confidence, and in society a man with a wife is more readily trusted.