Shloka 95

Devanagari script

अन्रेर्भार्यापि भर्तां संत्यज्य ब्रह्म॒वादिनी । नाहं तस्य मुनेर्भूयो वशगा स्यां कथंचन

Transliteration

anṛer bhāryāpi bhartāraṃ saṃtyajya brahmavādinī | nāhaṃ tasya muner bhūyo vaśagā syāṃ kathaṃcana ||

Translation

Васудева сказал: «Даже жена Анри, хотя и преданная священной истине и речам о Брахмане, оставила своего мужа. Потому я никогда более, ни при каких обстоятельствах, не окажусь во власти того муни».

Word by Word

• अन्रेः: of Anṛ (the sage)
• अन्रेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• भर्तारम्: husband
• भर्तारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• संत्यज्य: having completely abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), सम्

• ब्रह्मवादिनी: a woman who speaks of Brahman / a learned woman
• ब्रह्मवादिनी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मवादिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of that (man)
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भूयः: again/further
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः

• वशगा: submissive/under control
• वशगा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वशग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• स्याम्: may I be / would I be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), First, Singular, परस्मैपद

• कथंचन: in any way / at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वासुदेव (Vāsudeva)
• अनृ (Anṛ)
• मुनि (the sage, unnamed here)
• अनृ की भार्या (wife of Anṛ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a moral warning about misplaced submission: even a spiritually learned woman (brahmavādinī) may reject a relationship or authority she deems unacceptable, so one should not assume unquestioned control over others; ethical authority must be grounded in right conduct, not merely status.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāsudeva cites an example—Anṛ’s wife leaving her husband—to justify his resolve that he will not again become subject to the will of a certain sage, indicating a prior experience of being controlled or constrained and a decision to maintain independence.