Shloka 24
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
तत् तदा वचनं श्रुत्वा भर्तुः कामातुरस्य सा ।
तत्पत्नी सत्कुलोत्पन्ना महाभागा पतिव्रता ॥
tat tadā vacanaṃ śrutvā bhartuḥ kāmāturasya sā / tatpatnī satkulotpannā mahābhāgā pativratā
ஆசையால் துன்புற்ற கணவனின் அந்த வார்த்தைகளை கேட்டதும், நல்ல குலத்தில் பிறந்த, நற்பேறு பெற்ற, கணவனுக்கு அர்ப்பணித்த மனைவி அவனுக்குப் பிரியமானதைச் செய்யத் தயாரானாள்.
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FAQs
The text foregrounds the pativrata ideal, yet the episode will test its limits: virtue is not mere compliance, because compliance can collide with the welfare of others and with higher dharma.
Didactic narrative (vaṃśānucarita-like) used to teach dharma through consequence rather than a direct cosmological lakṣaṇa.
‘Good birth’ and ‘fortune’ are shown as capacities for dharma, but not guarantees of right discernment; dharma requires viveka (discrimination) alongside devotion.