Adhyāya 152 — Bhīṣma’s Authorization for Yudhiṣṭhira’s Return to the Capital (नगरप्रवेशानुज्ञा)
कल्योत्थानरतिर्नित्यं गहशुश्रूषणे रता । सुसम्मृष्टक्षया चैव गोशकृत्कृतलेपना
kalyotthānaratir nityaṁ gṛhaśuśrūṣaṇe ratā | susammṛṣṭakṣayā caiva gośakṛtkṛtalepanā ||
ພຣະມະຫາເທວະກ່າວວ່າ: ນາງຜູ້ຍິງທີ່ຍິນດີຕື່ນຂຶ້ນທຸກມື້ໃນເວລາອັນຄວນ, ອຸທິດຕົນໃນການດູແລແລະຈັດການເຮືອນ, ກວາດຖູໃຫ້ສະອາດເປັນລະບຽບ, ແລະຊຳລະໃຫ້ບໍລິສຸດໂດຍການທາດ້ວຍຂີ້ງົວ—ນາງນັ້ນແມ່ນຮູບແບບແຫ່ງວິໄນຂອງພັນລະຍາຜູ້ມີຄຸນທຳ. ໂດຍທຳໃນເຮືອນອັນສະໝໍ້ສະເໝີນີ້, ນາງຈຶ່ງໄດ້ຮັບຜົນແຫ່ງສະຕີ-ທຳ.
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
The verse praises disciplined household conduct—rising properly, serving the home, maintaining cleanliness, and ritual purity—as a form of dharma that yields the merit associated with satī-dharma (virtuous wifely conduct).
Śrīmahēśvara is describing the qualities of an ideal householder-wife, emphasizing daily routine, service, and purification practices as ethically and religiously meritorious.