Vānaprastha-dharma and Tapas: Śiva–Umā Saṃvāda
Forest-Stage Discipline and Austerity
मध्यमं तु तदा पत्नी भुद्धक्तेडनुज्ञातमेव हि
madhyamaṁ tu tadā patnī buddhakted anujñātam eva hi
ໃນເວລານັ້ນ ພັນລະຍາຜູ້ຢູ່ໃນສະຖານະປານກາງ ກໍໄດ້ຮັບອະນຸຍາດແທ້—ໂດຍໄດ້ຮັບຄຳຍິນຍອມຢ່າງຖືກຕ້ອງ—ເພື່ອໃຫ້ສິ່ງທີ່ຄວນເຮັດ ດຳເນີນໄປຕາມລຳດັບປະເພນີ ແລະຕາມຄຳຍິນຍອມນັ້ນ.
देवदूत उवाच
The verse foregrounds dharmic procedure: actions within household and social life should proceed through proper authorization and consent, respecting established roles and order.
A divine messenger describes that, at that moment, the wife described as ‘middling’ was granted permission/approval, indicating that the next step in the account proceeds with due assent rather than arbitrariness.