Shloka 62
Chapter 2: Sudarśana Upākhyāna — Atithi-Dharma and the Conquest of Mṛtyu
Gṛhastha-Vrata
अथ तां पुनरेवेदं प्रोवाच स सुदर्शन: । क्व सा साध्वी क््व सा याता गरीय: किमतो मम
atha tāṃ punar evedaṃ provāca sa sudarśanaḥ | kva sā sādhvī kva sā yātā garīyaḥ kim ato mama ||
Muling nagsalita si Sudarśana, paulit-ulit na tumatawag: “Nasaan ang babaeng banal na iyon? Saan napunta ang aking asawang tapat at malinis? Anong tungkuling higit na mabigat kaysa sa paglilingkod sa akin ang biglang dumating sa kanya?”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the traditional dharma-ideal of the sādhvī (faithful, virtuous wife) and the expectation of steadfast domestic duty; it also hints at how attachment and entitlement can shape one’s moral assumptions about another’s obligations.
Sudarśana, not finding his wife, calls out for her again and again, wondering where she has gone and what could be more urgent than attending to him.