Shloka 50
The Five Great Sacrifices: Supremacy of Honoring Parents, Pativrata Dharma, Truthfulness, and Śrāddha
पतिव्रता च या नारि पत्युर्नित्यं हिते रता । कुलद्वयस्य पुरुषानुद्धरेत्सा शतं शतं
pativratā ca yā nāri patyurnityaṃ hite ratā | kuladvayasya puruṣānuddharetsā śataṃ śataṃ
जी नारी पतिव्रता होऊन सदैव पतीच्या हितात रत असते, ती दोन्ही कुलांतील पुरुषांना शेकडो-शेकडो करून उद्धरते।
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Concept: Pativrata-dharma, expressed as constant welfare-seeking for the husband, becomes a salvific force that elevates both natal and marital lineages.
Application: Cultivate daily acts of welfare—speech that heals, counsel that protects, and disciplined conduct—so one’s home becomes a field of uplift rather than conflict.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"meditative","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"reverent-soft","sound_elements":["temple bells","morning birds","soft conch shell","oil-lamp crackle","silence between pādas"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पत्युर्नित्यम् = पत्युः + नित्यम् (विसर्ग-सन्धि: ः + न → र्न). पुरुषानुद्धरेत्सा = पुरुषान् + उद्धरेत् + सा (न् + उ → नु; त् + स → त्स).
FAQs
It teaches that steadfast devotion to one’s spouse—expressed as continual concern for the husband’s well-being—generates spiritual merit that benefits both the woman’s natal family and her marital family.
“Kuladvaya” means “the two lineages/families”: the woman’s birth family and the husband’s family into which she is married.
The verse emphasizes duty, fidelity, and active benevolence within marriage, presenting personal virtue as having wider social and ancestral uplift.