Shloka 50
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
सत्यं रतिश्न धर्मश्न स्वर्गश्न॒ गुणनिर्जित:,सस्त्रीणां पतिसमाधीन कांक्षितं च द्विजर्षभ । द्विजश्रेष्ठ! स्त्रियोंका सत्य, धर्म, रति, अपने गुणोंसे मिला हुआ स्वर्ग तथा उनकी सारी अभिलाषा पतिके ही अधीन है
satyaṁ ratiś ca dharmaś ca svargaś ca guṇa-nirjitaḥ | strīṇāṁ pati-samādhīnaṁ kāṅkṣitaṁ ca dvijarṣabha ||
ನಕುಲನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—“ಓ ದ್ವಿಜರ್ಷಭ! ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯರಿಗೆ ಸತ್ಯ, ರತಿ, ಧರ್ಮ, ತಮ್ಮ ಗುಣಗಳಿಂದ ಗಳಿಸಿದ ಸ್ವರ್ಗ, ಹಾಗೂ ಅವರು ಬಯಸುವ ಎಲ್ಲವೂ—ಎಲ್ಲವೂ ಪತಿಯ ಅಧೀನವೆಂದು ತಿಳಿಯಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತದೆ.”
नकुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a normative dharma-śāstric view of household order: a woman’s moral and spiritual aims—truth, dharma, conjugal love, and even heavenly reward—are framed as being mediated through and dependent upon her husband.
Nakula is speaking to a learned brāhmaṇa (addressed as dvijarṣabha), articulating a principle about strī-dharma and the household relationship, emphasizing the husband’s central role in a woman’s desired goals and religious merit.