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 ||
Sinabi ng anak: Pagkasabi nang gayon, ang mapalad na ginang ay nagtungo sa tahanan niya (ni Anasūyā). Nang tanungin tungkol sa kanyang kalagayan, isinalaysay niya ang dharma ng kanyang asawa at ng kanyang sarili.
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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.