Shloka 23
Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)
तस्याः प्रतिक्रियां प्रीत्या मम शक्नोति चेद्भवान् ।
वाग्विघातप्रशान्त्यर्थं ततः किं न कृतं मम ॥
tasyāḥ pratikriyāṃ prītyā mama śaknoti ced bhavān | vāgvighātapraśāntyarthaṃ tataḥ kiṃ na kṛtaṃ mama ||
यदि त्वं मयि स्नेहात् तस्याः प्रतिकर्म कर्तुं शक्नोषि, तर्हि वाक्-प्रतिबन्ध-शमनाय मया किं न कर्तव्यम्?
FAQs
Love is expressed as responsibility: true ‘prīti’ manifests as concrete action to relieve another’s suffering, especially when one is implicated in its cause.
Ritual/dharma motivation inside narrative (ācāra); not pancalakṣaṇa classification.
The text links ethical intention (prīti) with ritual efficacy; speech is treated as a divine endowment whose disturbance requires sacred re-alignment.