Shloka 10
Adhyaya 71 — The King’s Remorse and the Sage’s Counsel on the Necessity of a Wife
अपत्नीकॊ नरो भूप ! न योग्यॊ निजकर्मणाम् । ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियॊ वापि वैश्यः शूद्रोऽपि वा नृप ॥
apatnīko naro bhūpa na yogyo nija-karmaṇām / brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vāpi vaiśyaḥ śūdro 'pi vā nṛpa
हे राजन्! पत्नीविना पुरुष स्वधर्मकर्मांस योग्य ठरत नाही—तो ब्राह्मण असो, क्षत्रिय, वैश्य किंवा शूद्रही असो, हे नृपश्रेष्ठा।
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FAQs
The text stresses the normative Purāṇic view that many duties—especially household rites and social responsibilities—presume a stable marital partnership; abandonment disrupts both personal and communal dharma.
Ethical instruction embedded in narrative (ancillary to vaṃśānucarita). It is not cosmological (sarga/pratisarga) nor chronological (manvantara) content.
‘Not fit for one’s own karma’ can be read as: without the balancing principle of commitment and reciprocity, action loses its sanctifying frame and becomes merely self-driven.