Shloka 21
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
दृष्टा सूर्योदये बाला रात्रिश्चेयमुपागता । दर्शनानन्तरं सा मे हृदयान्नापसर्पति ॥
dṛṣṭā sūryodaye bālā rātriśceyamupāgatā / darśanānantaraṃ sā me hṛdayānnāpasarpati
“प्रातःकाले मया सा युवती दृष्टा, इदानीं च रात्रिरागता; तां दृष्ट्वा सा मम हृदयात् न कदापि प्रयाति।”
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FAQs
The verse illustrates how a single sensory contact can become persistent craving when unguarded; it implicitly commends restraint and mindfulness as protections of dharma.
Again, didactic narrative (ākhyāna) used to teach psychology of desire and its ethical consequences.
Sunrise-to-night marks the full cycle of a day, suggesting that without inner discipline the vṛtti (mental modification) persists across time; yoga aims precisely at dissolving such compulsive vṛttis.