Shloka 39
पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation
स्त्रिया हि परमो भर्ता दैवतं परमं स्मृतम् तस्यात्मना तु सदृशमात्मानं परमं ददौ,'सत्रीके लिये पति ही परम आदरणीय है, वही उसका सबसे बड़ा देवता माना गया है। मेरी माताने ऐसे पुरुषको आत्मसमर्पण किया है, जो शरीरसे, वेशभूषासे पिताजीके समान ही था
striyā hi paramo bhartā daivataṁ paramaṁ smṛtam | tasyātmanā tu sadṛśam ātmānaṁ paramaṁ dadau ||
ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯಿಗೆ ಪತಿಯೇ ಪರಮ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ; ಅವನೇ ಅವಳ ಪರಮ ದೈವವೆಂದು ಸ್ಮರಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಅವಳು ತನ್ನ ಪರಮ ಸಂಪತ್ತಾದ ತನ್ನನ್ನೇ, ಅವನಂತೆಯೇ ದೇಹ-ವೇಷ ಹೊಂದಿರುವವನಿಗೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸುತ್ತಾಳೆ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse states a traditional dharma-ideal: a wife’s highest reverence is directed toward her husband, who is treated as her supreme ‘daivata’ (object of sacred regard). It frames marital fidelity and self-giving as a central ethical norm within the householder order.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma is explaining a principle of household conduct and women’s dharma. He emphasizes the culturally authoritative view that a wife entrusts her very self to the husband, understood as her primary protector and revered figure.