Shloka 14
Vivāha-dharma: Kanyā-pradāna, Śulka, and Pāṇigrahaṇa-niṣṭhā (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४४)
सतां वाचं गुरो: पत्न्या विपुल: पर्यवर्तयत् । भो: किमागमने कृत्यमिति तस्यास्तु नि:सृता
satāṁ vācaṁ guroḥ patnyā vipulaḥ paryavartayat | bhoḥ kim āgamane kṛtyam iti tasyāstu niḥsṛtā ||
بھیشم نے کہا—گرو کی پتنی جو نیک لوگوں کے شایانِ شان بات کہنے کو تھی، وِپُل نے اس کے الفاظ بدل دیے۔ اور اس کے منہ سے اچانک یہ نکل گیا—“ارے! تم یہاں کس مقصد سے آئے ہو؟”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the ethical weight of speech: words may be restrained or redirected in situations charged with propriety, temptation, or social duty, and even a brief utterance can reveal inner intention and shape moral outcomes.
In Bhishma’s narration, Vipula intervenes so that the guru’s wife does not speak the words she intended; instead, she blurts out a guarded question—asking why the other person has come—signaling a tense or morally sensitive encounter.