Shloka 60
Adhyaya 69 — The King’s Neglect of His Wife and the Restoration of Dharma
प्रतिकूला हि सा पत्नी तस्य विप्रस्य या हृता ।
तथापि धर्मकामोऽसौ त्वामुद्योतितवान् नृप ॥
pratikūlā hi sā patnī tasya viprasya yā hṛtā | tathāpi dharma-kāmo 'sau tvām udyotitavān nṛpa ||
ពិតប្រាកដណាស់ ភរិយារបស់ព្រាហ្មណ៍នោះ—ដែលត្រូវគេនាំយកទៅ—មិនសមស្របចំពោះគាត់ទេ។ ទោះជាយ៉ាងណា បុរសនោះដែលប្រាថ្នាធម៌ បានធ្វើឲ្យកំហុសរបស់ព្រះអង្គត្រូវបានបង្ហាញច្បាស់ («នាំមកឲ្យឃើញ») ឱ ព្រះរាជា។
FAQs
Even when personally wronged, the dharma-minded person upholds principle over resentment. The brāhmaṇa’s orientation to dharma becomes the instrument by which the king’s lapse is exposed and corrected.
Dharma instruction within Manvantara narrative: exemplary conduct (brāhmaṇa’s dharma-kāmatā) is used to regulate royal behavior, a common Purāṇic didactic strategy.
The ‘unfavorable wife’ and her abduction can be read as the disturbance of one’s inner order; the dharma-seeker still chooses illumination (udyota)—clarity and correction—over reactive darkness.