Shloka 30
Vānaprastha-dharma and Tapas: Śiva–Umā Saṃvāda
Forest-Stage Discipline and Austerity
Devanagari script
मध्यमं तु तदा पत्नी भुद्धक्तेडनुज्ञातमेव हि
Transliteration
madhyamaṁ tu tadā patnī buddhakted anujñātam eva hi
Translation
मध्यमां तु तदा पत्नीं विधिवदनुज्ञातामेव हि । यथा क्रमो यथा च सम्मतिः, तथा तत् कर्म प्रवर्ततामिति ॥
Word by Word
मध्यमम्the middle (one)
मध्यमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमध्यम
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
तदाthen
तदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
पत्नीthe wife
पत्नी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपत्नी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
बुद्धक्तेनby/with the awakened/devoted (one)
बुद्धक्तेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootबुद्धक्त
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
अनुज्ञातम्permitted/allowed
अनुज्ञातम्:
TypeVerb
Rootअनुज्ञा
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
हिfor/indeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
Speaker
देवदूत उवाच
Characters & Entities
D
devadūta (divine messenger)P
patnī (wife)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds dharmic procedure: actions within household and social life should proceed through proper authorization and consent, respecting established roles and order.
A divine messenger describes that, at that moment, the wife described as ‘middling’ was granted permission/approval, indicating that the next step in the account proceeds with due assent rather than arbitrariness.