Shloka 84
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा भर्तुराराधनं प्रति ।
यथा ममोद्यमो नित्यं तथायं जीवतां द्विजः ॥
karmaṇā manasā vācā bhartur ārādhanaṃ prati | yathā mamodyamo nityaṃ tathāyaṃ jīvatāṃ dvijaḥ ||
«Делом, мыслью и речью моё усердие всегда направлено на почитание и служение моему супругу; да будет жить и этот брахман.»
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FAQs
Dharma is shown as integral practice—alignment of action, intention, and speech. The text underscores that sustained ethical discipline (nitya-udyama) is not merely private virtue but can become beneficent power for others.
Ākhyāna/vaṃśānucarita-type didactic narrative: the Purāṇa uses exemplary conduct to teach dharma rather than cosmogenesis or manvantara chronology here.
The three instruments (kāya–manas–vāk) indicate a complete ‘ritual body.’ When all three are unified in one vow, speech becomes mantra-like (effective utterance), hence the restoration of vitality.