Shloka 48
Adhyāya 152 — Bhīṣma’s Authorization for Yudhiṣṭhira’s Return to the Capital (नगरप्रवेशानुज्ञा)
कल्योत्थानरतिर्नित्यं गहशुश्रूषणे रता । सुसम्मृष्टक्षया चैव गोशकृत्कृतलेपना
kalyotthānaratir nityaṁ gṛhaśuśrūṣaṇe ratā | susammṛṣṭakṣayā caiva gośakṛtkṛtalepanā ||
Wika ni Mahādeva: “Yaong araw-araw ay nalulugod na bumangon sa wastong oras, masigasig sa maingat na paglilingkod at pamamahala ng tahanan, pinananatiling winalis at maayos ang bahay, at nililinis ito sa pamamagitan ng pagpapahid ng dumi ng baka—ang gayong babae ang larawan ng disiplinang asal ng isang marangal na maybahay. Sa matatag na dharma ng tahanan, siya’y pinagkakalooban ng bunga ng satī-dharma.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises disciplined household conduct—rising properly, serving the home, maintaining cleanliness, and ritual purity—as a form of dharma that yields the merit associated with satī-dharma (virtuous wifely conduct).
Śrīmahēśvara is describing the qualities of an ideal householder-wife, emphasizing daily routine, service, and purification practices as ethically and religiously meritorious.