Shloka 30
कालनिर्देशः शोकनिवारणं च
Instruction on Kāla and the Removal of Grief
स्त्रियास्तथापचारिण्या निष्कृति: स्याददूषिका । अपि सा पूयते तेन न तु भर्ता प्रदुष्पति
striyās tathāpācāriṇyā niṣkṛtiḥ syād adūṣikā | api sā pūyate tena na tu bhartā praduṣpati |
Vyāsa disse: “No caso de uma mulher que se tenha comportado de modo impróprio, o repúdio ou a censura social é uma forma de expiação (prāyaścitta) isenta de culpa. Por essa mesma censura ela é tida como purificada, e o marido não se mancha pela transgressão dela.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames repudiation/censure of a wife who has committed serious misconduct as a socially and ethically permissible expiation: it is said to cleanse her standing while preventing the husband from sharing in the moral taint of her act.
In Śānti Parva’s dharma-discourse, Vyāsa states a rule concerning household ethics: when a woman is guilty of improper conduct, the husband’s act of rejecting or censuring her is presented as a legitimate corrective measure, with the stated effect of purification and non-contamination of the husband.