Shloka 54
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
अनसूयोवाच कच्चिन्नन्दसि कल्याणि स्वभर्तुर्मुखदर्शनात् ।
कच्चिच्चाखिलदेवेभ्यो मन्यसेऽभ्यधिकं पतिम् ॥
anasūyovāca kaccin nandasi kalyāṇi svabhartur mukha-darśanāt | kaccic cākhila-devebhyo manyase 'bhyadhikaṃ patim ||
അനസൂയ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ശുഭേ, ഭർത്താവിന്റെ മുഖം കണ്ടിട്ട് നീ സന്തോഷിക്കുന്നുവോ? കൂടാതെ എല്ലാ ദേവന്മാരിലും മേലായി ഭർത്താവിനെ നീ ശ്രേഷ്ഠനായി കരുതുന്നുവോ?
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FAQs
The teaching elevates fidelity and service (śuśrūṣā) into a devotional hierarchy: for a devoted wife, the husband becomes the primary locus of dharma and worship.
Ethical instruction embedded in narrative (adjacent to vaṃśānucarita-style storytelling rather than cosmological sarga/manvantara material).
‘Seeing the face’ can be read as darśana: the household relationship becomes a ritualized space where devotion is practiced through proximity, attention, and reverence.