Shloka 11
Adhyaya 71 — The King’s Remorse and the Sage’s Counsel on the Necessity of a Wife
त्यजता भवता पत्नीं न शोभनमनुष्ठितम् । अत्याज्यो हि यथा भर्ता स्त्रीणां भार्या तथा नृणाम् ॥
tyajatā bhavatā patnīṃ na śobhanam anuṣṭhitam / atyājyo hi yathā bhartā strīṇāṃ bhāryā tathā nṛṇām
भार्यापरित्यागे न त्वया सम्यक् कृतम्। यथा हि पतिः स्त्रीभिर्न परित्याज्यः, तथा भार्या नरैर्न परित्याज्या।
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FAQs
Dharma is framed as reciprocal obligation: fidelity and non-abandonment are not one-sided demands but mutual duties that sustain trust and social stability.
Normative dharma teaching within narrative; supportive of Purāṇic social ethics rather than a pañcalakṣaṇa core (creation/manvantara/genealogy).
The symmetry ‘as for women, so for men’ points to balance: inner wholeness requires honoring commitments rather than splitting life into convenience-based choices.