Shloka 53
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
पुत्र उवाच एवमुक्त्वा सुरां तस्याः गत्वा सा मन्दिरं शुभा ।
उवाच कुशलं पृष्टा धर्मं भर्तुस्तथात्मनः ॥
putra uvāca evam uktvā surāṃ tasyā gatvā sā mandiraṃ śubhā | uvāca kuśalaṃ pṛṣṭā dharmaṃ bhartus tathātmanaḥ ||
บุตรกล่าวว่า—ครั้นกล่าวดังนี้แล้ว สตรีผู้เป็นมงคลนั้นได้ไปยังเรือนของอนสูยา เมื่อถูกไถ่ถามถึงความผาสุก นางได้กล่าวถึงธรรมของสามีและธรรมจรรยาของตนเอง
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FAQs
The verse sets the frame for dharma-discourse: well-being is evaluated not merely as comfort but in terms of dharmic alignment—specifically the moral standing of spouse and self.
Primarily falls under Ācāra/Dharma instruction (not one of the strict five—sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita—yet commonly embedded within vaṃśānucarita-style narratives as ethical teaching).
The ‘abode’ and ‘welfare’ motif signals inner order: true auspiciousness (śubhatā) is portrayed as arising from dharma-centered life, especially relational duty understood as a spiritual discipline.