Shloka 70
Adhyaya 21 — Kuvalayashva’s Descent to Patala and the Rescue of Madalasa
कथं भार्यामृते धर्ममर्थं वा पुरुषः प्रभो । प्राप्नोति काममथवा तस्यां त्रितयमाहितम् ॥
kathaṃ bhāryāmṛte dharmam arthaṃ vā puruṣaḥ prabho / prāpnoti kāmam athavā tasyāṃ tritayam āhitam
ഹേ നാഥാ, ഭാര്യയില്ലാതെ പുരുഷന് ധർമ്മമോ അർത്ഥമോ, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കാമം പോലും എങ്ങനെ നേടാനാകും? അവളിൽ തന്നെയാണ് ഈ ത്രിവർഗം പ്രതിഷ്ഠിതമായിരിക്കുന്നത്.
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FAQs
The verse argues institutionally: marriage is not merely personal companionship but a structural support for ethical life, economic stability, and regulated pleasure under dharma.
Didactic dharma teaching; not pañcalakṣaṇa.
‘In her the triad is established’ can be read as the embodiment of sustaining power—practical capacity (śakti) that anchors ideals into lived, ritualized reality.