Shloka 3
Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)
राजोवाच कृतार्थस्त्वं द्विजश्रेष्ठ ! निजधर्मानुपालनात् ।
वयं सङ्कटिनो विप्र ! येषां पत्नी न वेष्मनि ॥
rājovāca kṛtārthas tvaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha! nijadharmānupālanāt | vayaṃ saṅkaṭino vipra! yeṣāṃ patnī na veśmani ||
Царь сказал: «Ты исполнен совершенства, о лучший из дважды-рождённых, следуя своему собственному долгу. Но мы пребываем в бедствии, о брахман, — те, чья жена не находится в доме».
FAQs
The verse underscores the Purāṇic view that household dharma is structurally incomplete without the spouse; the king’s ‘distress’ is not romantic sentiment alone but anxiety about dharmic and social stability.
Anucarita: moral psychology and social ethics illustrated through dialogue within a Manvantara account.
Home (veśman) symbolizes the inner seat of order; the ‘absent wife’ can indicate the absence of harmonizing śakti in one’s life, leading to inner and outer disorder.