Shloka 26
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
निशि मेघास्तृते व्योम्नि चलद्विद्युत्प्रदर्शिते ।
राजमार्गे प्रियं भर्तुश्चिकीर्षन्ती द्विजाङ्गना ॥
niśi meghāstṛte vyomni caladvidyutpradarśite / rājamārge priyaṃ bhartuś cikīrṣantī dvijāṅganā
रात्रौ मेघावृतगगने चलद्विद्युत्प्रदीपिते, राजपथे ब्राह्मणी जगाम, भर्तुः प्रियं कर्तुमिच्छन्ती॥
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FAQs
Good intention (to please the husband) does not cancel situational risk; dharma is contextual, and night travel into danger can precipitate unintended harm.
Ethical narrative framework, not cosmological enumeration.
Clouds and lightning evoke tamas pierced by sudden insight—yet the flashes are intermittent, mirroring partial discernment amid passion-driven action.