Shloka 86

Adhyaya 71: पुरत्रयवृत्तान्तः—ब्रह्मवरदानम्, मयकृतत्रिपुर-निर्माणम्, विष्णुमाया-धर्मविघ्नः, शिवस्तुति, त्रिपुरदाहोपक्रमः

Devanagari script

भर्ता एव न संदेहस् तथाप्य् आसहमायया कृत्वापि सुमहत्पापं या भर्तुः प्रेमसंयुता

Transliteration

bhartā eva na saṃdehas tathāpy āsahamāyayā kṛtvāpi sumahatpāpaṃ yā bhartuḥ premasaṃyutā

Translation

Sesungguhnya, suami sahaja ialah pelindung—tiada keraguan. Namun, sekalipun kerana seketika khayal yang tak tertahan dia melakukan dosa yang amat besar, wanita yang tetap terikat dengan kasih kepada suaminya (dan kembali kepada kesetiaan itu) disebut di sini sebagai yang berpaut pada perlindungan yang benar.

Word by Word

• भर्ता (bhartā): husband, supporter, protector

• एव (eva): indeed, alone

• न (na): not

• संदेहः (saṃdehaḥ): doubt

• तथापि (tathāpi): nevertheless

• असह-मायया (asaha-māyayā): by intolerant delusion/impetuous illusion

• कृत्वापि (kṛtvāpi): even having done/committed

• सुमहत् (sumahat): very great

• पापम् (pāpaṃ): sin, demerit

• या (yā): she who

• भर्तुः (bhartuḥ): of the husband

• प्रेम-संयुता (prema-saṃyutā): endowed with love, joined with affection/devotion

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana discourse to the sages, summarizing dharma-teachings within the chapter’s instruction-stream)