Shloka 53

Adhyāya 152 — Bhīṣma’s Authorization for Yudhiṣṭhira’s Return to the Capital (नगरप्रवेशानुज्ञा)

Devanagari script

व्रतं चरति या नित्यं दुश्चवरं लघुसत्त्वया । पतिचित्ता पतिहिता सा पतिव्रतभागिनी

Transliteration

vrataṃ carati yā nityaṃ duścaraṃ laghu-sattvayā | pati-cittā pati-hitā sā pati-vrata-bhāginī ||

Translation

व्रतं चरति या नित्यं दुश्चरं लघुसत्त्वया । पतिचित्ता पतिहिता सा पतिव्रतभागिनी ॥

Word by Word

व्रतम्vow, observance

चरतिpractises, observes

याwho (she)

नित्यम्always, constantly

दुश्चरम्hard to practise

लघुसत्त्वयाby/with a weak nature (little strength of mind)

पतिचित्ताhaving her mind fixed on her husband

पतिहिताdevoted to her husband’s welfare

साshe

पतिव्रतभागिनीa possessor/partaker of the status of a devoted wife (pativratā)

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmaheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)

pati (husband)

pativratā (ideal of devoted wife)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes