Shloka 88
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
अनसूयोवाच यदि देवाः प्रसन्ना मे पितामहपुरोगमाः ।
वरदा वरयोग्या च यद्यहं भवतां मता ॥
anasūyovāca yadi devāḥ prasannā me pitāmaha-purogamāḥ | varadā vara-yogyā ca yady ahaṃ bhavatāṃ matā ||
अनसूया उवाच—यदि पितामहप्रमुखा देवाः मयि प्रसन्नाः स्युः, यदि च भवद्भिः अहं वरग्रहणयोग्या मन्ये, यूयं च वरदाः…
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FAQs
Even when empowered by virtue, the ideal recipient of grace remains humble and careful about adhikāra (worthiness). The verse models respectful address to divine authority and a non-entitled posture toward rewards.
Ākhyāna: a boon-request scene within a dharma narrative; not directly one of the five cosmological markers.
The conditional framing (‘if you deem me worthy’) indicates that siddhi must be stabilized by humility; otherwise power becomes egoic. Brahmā as ‘pitāmaha’ signals sanction from the cosmic order (vidhi).