Shloka 46
The Glory of the Devoted Wife (Pativratā) and the Māṇḍavya Curse: Sunrise Halted and Restored
पतिव्रतोवाच । स्वपृष्ठस्थमहं कृत्वा नेष्यामि तद्गृहं प्रति । सिद्धे ह्यर्थे नयिष्यामि पुनस्ते नैव वर्त्मना
pativratovāca | svapṛṣṭhasthamahaṃ kṛtvā neṣyāmi tadgṛhaṃ prati | siddhe hyarthe nayiṣyāmi punaste naiva vartmanā
ភរិយាអ្នកស្មោះត្រង់បាននិយាយថា «ខ្ញុំនឹងដាក់លោកលើខ្នងខ្ញុំ ហើយនាំទៅកាន់ផ្ទះនោះ។ ពេលគោលបំណងសម្រេច ខ្ញុំនឹងនាំលោកត្រឡប់មកវិញ—តែមិនតាមផ្លូវដដែលនេះទេ»
Pativratā (a devoted wife)
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पतिव्रतोवाच = पतिव्रता + उवाच; स्वपृष्ठस्थमहं = स्व + पृष्ठ + स्थम् + अहम्; तद्गृहं = तत् + गृहम्; सिद्धे ह्यर्थे = सिद्धे + हि + अर्थे; पुनस्ते = पुनः + ते; नैव = न + एव
FAQs
The speaker is a pativratā, a devoted wife, who promises to carry someone on her back to a house, accomplish the intended purpose, and then return by a different route.
It highlights determined service and responsibility—fulfilling an intended duty while also exercising prudence about the return journey (not repeating the same path).
No explicit deity, tirtha, or cosmological detail is named in this shloka; it functions primarily as dialogue illustrating resolve and dharmic conduct.