Shloka 6
Pātivratya-kathana
The Narrative of the Pativrata
ततोऽहमनया देव्या चालितश्चारुनेत्रया । वृतश्चैवापि भर्तृत्वे किंचित्प्रार्थनया सह ॥ ६ ॥
tato'hamanayā devyā cālitaścārunetrayā | vṛtaścaivāpi bhartṛtve kiṃcitprārthanayā saha || 6 ||
ನಂತರ ಆ ಚಾರುನೇತ್ರೆಯಾದ ದಿವ್ಯ ದೇವಿಯು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಚೇತನಗೊಳಿಸಿದಳು; ಮತ್ತು ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ವಿನಯಪೂರ್ಣ ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನೆಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ಪತಿಯಾಗಿ ಕೂಡ ವರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಳು।
Narrator (a male protagonist speaking in first person within the Adhyaya’s narrative frame)
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"shringara","secondary_rasa":"adbhuta","emotional_journey":"From being ‘stirred’ by the divine lady’s presence to the surprising turn of being chosen as husband."}
FAQs
The verse frames marriage as a dharmic turning point: the narrator’s inner movement and subsequent acceptance indicate how personal life choices become part of a larger moral narrative in the Purana.
Direct bhakti practice is not stated here; instead, the verse sets a life-situation (marriage and responsibility) that, in Purāṇic storytelling, often becomes the ground for later dharma and devotion to unfold through duty and right conduct.
No explicit Vedāṅga (Śikṣā, Vyākaraṇa, Chandas, Nirukta, Jyotiṣa, Kalpa) instruction appears in this verse; it is primarily narrative, describing selection for marriage and the role of request/entreaty in that decision.