Shloka 62
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
तस्मात् साध्वि ! महाभागे ! पतिशुश्रूषणं प्रति ।
त्वया मतिः सदा कार्या यतो भर्ता परा गतिः ॥
tasmāt sādhvi mahābhāge pati-śuśrūṣaṇaṃ prati | tvayā matiḥ sadā kāryā yato bhartā parā gatiḥ ||
కాబట్టి ఓ సాధ్వీ, ఓ సుభగే, నీవు ఎల్లప్పుడూ పతిసేవలో మనస్సును నిలిపి ఉంచు; ఎందుకంటే నీకు భర్తే పరమ శరణం, పరమ గతి।
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FAQs
The instruction culminates in a single-pointed ethic: sustained intention (mati) toward dutiful service is treated as the principal spiritual orientation within this model of household dharma.
A dharma-upadeśa close; ancillary teaching embedded in narrative rather than cosmological/genealogical pancalakṣaṇa content.
‘Parā gati’ can be read as the principle of surrender: the text channels the psychology of devotion into a concrete daily focus, turning ordinary obligation into a path of single-minded dedication.