Varaha Purana 209.5: Adhyaya 209, Shloka 5
Description of the Greatness of the Pativratā
Marital Fidelity and Ethical Devotion
Uttara Bhāga · Pativratā-māhātmya (Silence and steadfastness)
मौने मौना भवेद्या तु स्थिते तिष्ठति या स्वयम् ॥ सा मृत्युम् जायते विप्र नान्यत्पश्यामि किञ्चन ॥
maune maunā bhaved yā tu sthite tiṣṭhati yā svayam || sā mṛtyuṁ jāyate vipra nānyat paśyāmi kiñcana
maune maunA bhavedyA tu sthite tiShThati yA svayam || sA mRRityuM jAyate vipra nAnyatpashyAmi kiMchana
Ta, która milczy, gdy on milczy, i która stoi, gdy on stoi, o braminie, zwycięża śmierć; nie widzę niczego innego jako rozstrzygającego.
Sandhi Notes
- भवेद्या = भवेत् + या
- नान्यत्पश्यामि = न + अन्यत् + पश्यामि (त् + प् संयोग)
Yama
Is disciplined mirroring of the husband’s comportment (silence/standing) presented as the decisive marker of pativratā merit leading to ‘conquest of death’?
Control of speech and bodily posture as dharmic discipline is treated as spiritually potent.
Practice measured speech (mauna) and attentive presence; treat everyday comportment as a vow-like observance.
When the husband is silent, she should be silent; when he stands, she should stand—presented as the key pativratā discipline.
Praised as sufficient cause for ‘mṛtyu-jaya’ (auspicious destiny/merit); the speaker claims no other factor is as decisive.
Varāha Purāṇa 209.4 and 209.6-209.8 (same ethical chain)
FAQs
It reflects a prescriptive ethic of restraint and alignment within household order, useful for philological study of social norms in Purāṇic transmission.
None is identified.
The verse elevates disciplined restraint (mauna) and steadfast support as core virtues within the described ideal.
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