Shloka 31
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
तस्य भार्याततः श्रुत्वा तं शापमतिदारुणम् ।
प्रोवाच व्यथिता सूर्यो नैवोदयमुपैष्यति ॥
tasya bhāryā tataḥ śrutvā taṃ śāpam atidāruṇam / provāca vyathitā sūryo naivodayam upaiṣyati
అప్పుడు అతని భార్య ఆ అత్యంత భయంకరమైన శాపవాక్యాన్ని విని కలతచెంది ఇలా చెప్పింది—“సూర్యుడు అసలు ఉదయించడు.”
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FAQs
Devotion (pativrata) is portrayed as spiritually potent, yet its deployment must harmonize with loka-saṅgraha (welfare of the world); protecting one person by halting sunrise endangers all.
Ethical narrative demonstrating competing powers (tapas vs pativrata-tejas) and their impact on cosmic functioning; not a direct pancalakṣaṇa passage.
Two ‘fires’ meet: ascetic wrath and conjugal vow-power. The verse dramatizes how intention-backed speech (saṅkalpa-vāk) can attempt to rewrite cosmic law.