Shloka 16
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
श्लेष्म-मूत्र-पुरीषासृक्-प्रवाहक्षालनॆन च । रहश्चैवोपचारॆण प्रियसम्भाषणॆन च ॥
śleṣma-mūtra-purīṣāsṛk-pravāhakṣālanena ca / rahaścaivopacāreṇa priyasambhāṣaṇena ca
اور بلغم، پیشاب، پاخانہ اور خون کے رِساؤ کو دھو کر صاف کرتی؛ خلوت میں اس کی تیمارداری کرتی؛ اور محبت بھرے کلمات سے ہمیشہ اس سے گفتگو کرتی۔
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FAQs
The text emphasizes that true devotion and duty are tested in the most difficult, socially ‘unpleasant’ tasks; kindness in speech is paired with physical care as part of complete dharma.
An ethical exemplum (ākhyāna) illustrating dharma; not a pancalakṣaṇa cosmological unit.
Handling impurity without aversion points to inner purification: rāga-dveṣa (attachment/aversion) are confronted directly; ‘private service’ suggests humility and egolessness rather than public piety.