Adhyaya 71 — The King’s Remorse and the Sage’s Counsel on the Necessity of a Wife
मम चासावतीवेष्टा प्राणेभ्योऽपि महामुने ।
सा च मां प्रति दुःशीला ब्रूहि यत्कारणं द्विज ॥
mama cāsāv atīveṣṭā prāṇebhyo 'pi mahāmune / sā ca māṃ prati duḥśīlā brūhi yat-kāraṇaṃ dvija
ແລະນາງເປັນທີ່ຮັກຢ່າງຍິ່ງຕໍ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ—ຍິ່ງກວ່າຊີວິດຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າເສຍອີກ, ໂອ ິສີຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່—ແຕ່ນາງກັບປະພຶດຢ່າງແຂງກະດ້າງຕໍ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ. ຂໍທ່ານ ໂອ ພຣາຫມັນ, ຈົ່ງບອກເຫດແຫ່ງນີ້ແກ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ.
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Excessive attachment intensifies perceived cruelty; the text invites discerning inquiry into causes rather than being driven by rāga (clinging) and śoka (sorrow).
Carita with gṛhastha-dharma implications—how relational karma manifests within household life.
‘Dearer than life’ indicates prāṇa-bonding; when prāṇa is entangled with expectation, the relationship becomes a field where past saṃskāras (impressions) quickly surface as pain.