Shloka 83
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
यथा भर्तृसमं नान्यमहं पश्यामि दैवतम् ।
तेन सत्येन विप्रोऽयं पुनर्जीवत्वनामयः ॥
yathā bhartṛ-samaṃ nānyam ahaṃ paśyāmi daivatam | tena satyena vipro 'yaṃ punar jīvatv anāmayaḥ ||
എന്റെ ഭർത്താവിനുതുല്യനായ ദേവനെ ഞാൻ കാണുന്നില്ല; ആ സത്യത്തിന്റെ ബലത്തിൽ ഈ ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ രോഗമുക്തനായി വീണ്ടും ജീവിക്കട്ടെ.
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FAQs
The verse presents satya (truthfulness) joined with niṣṭhā (steadfast devotion) as a moral force. Anasūyā’s unwavering reverence for dharmic marital duty becomes a ‘truth-act’ (satyakriyā) capable of reversing misfortune—here, illness and near-death.
Primarily falls under Vaṃśānucarita/Ākhyāna (exemplary narratives about virtuous persons). It is not sarga/pratisarga/manvantara in content; it functions as dharma-upadeśa through story.
The ‘deity as husband’ can be read as ekāgratā (single-pointed devotion) and the sanctification of relationship into a spiritual vow. The satya-kriyā suggests that aligned speech (vāk) grounded in inner truth can ‘reconfigure’ lived reality.