Shloka 48
Adhyāya 152 — Bhīṣma’s Authorization for Yudhiṣṭhira’s Return to the Capital (नगरप्रवेशानुज्ञा)
कल्योत्थानरतिर्नित्यं गहशुश्रूषणे रता । सुसम्मृष्टक्षया चैव गोशकृत्कृतलेपना
kalyotthānaratir nityaṁ gṛhaśuśrūṣaṇe ratā | susammṛṣṭakṣayā caiva gośakṛtkṛtalepanā ||
Mahādeva disse: “Aquela que, todos os dias, se compraz em levantar-se no tempo devido, que se dedica ao serviço atento e à administração do lar, que mantém a casa bem varrida e em ordem, e que a purifica ao untá-la com esterco de vaca—tal mulher encarna a conduta disciplinada de uma esposa virtuosa. Por este dharma doméstico constante, ela é dotada dos frutos do satī-dharma.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises disciplined household conduct—rising properly, serving the home, maintaining cleanliness, and ritual purity—as a form of dharma that yields the merit associated with satī-dharma (virtuous wifely conduct).
Śrīmahēśvara is describing the qualities of an ideal householder-wife, emphasizing daily routine, service, and purification practices as ethically and religiously meritorious.