Śāṇḍilī–Sumanā-saṃvāda: Sat-strī-samudācāra and Pati-dharma
Conduct of the Virtuous Wife
रमस्वैधस्व मोदस्व देहि चैव यजस्व च । न त्वामभिभविष्यन्ति वैद्या न च तपस्विन:
ramasvaidhva modasva dehi caiva yajasva ca | na tvām abhibhaviṣyanti vaidyā na ca tapasvinaḥ ||
ວະຍາສະກ່າວວ່າ: “ຈົ່ງຊື່ນບານໃນຊີວິດ ແຕ່ຍັງຄົງຫມັ້ນຄົງໃນທຳຂອງຕົນ; ຂໍໃຫ້ເຈົ້າເຈີຣິນກ້າວໜ້າຢູ່ເລື້ອຍໆ. ຈົ່ງມີຄວາມຍິນດີ; ຈົ່ງໃຫ້ທານ ແລະຈົ່ງປະກອບຍັດ. ບັນດານັກຮູ້ ແລະນັກບຳເນັດພາວະ ຈະບໍ່ອາດຂົ່ມເຫັງເຈົ້າໄດ້.”
व्यास उवाच
Live joyfully while staying rooted in svadharma: cultivate well-being, practice generosity (dāna), and uphold sacred duty through yajña; such a life grants moral strength that cannot be easily overcome even by the learned or the austere.
Vyāsa offers exhortation and reassurance to a great sage-like listener, urging a balanced dharmic life—joy, growth, charity, and sacrifice—while promising that scholars and ascetics will not be able to subdue him.