Shloka 17
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
स तया पूज्यमानोऽपि सदातीव विनीतया । अतीव तीव्रकोपत्वान्निर्भर्त्सयति निष्ठुरः ॥
sa tayā pūjyamāno 'pi sadātīva vinītayā / atīva tīvrakopatvānnirbhartsayati niṣṭhuraḥ
اتنی منکسر المزاج بیوی کی جانب سے اس قدر تعظیم پانے کے باوجود، نہایت شدید غضب کے سبب وہ سنگدل آدمی اسے ہمیشہ سخت اور درشت کلمات سے ملامت کرتا رہتا تھا۔
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FAQs
Suffering can distort character: the husband’s krodha shows how pain may become cruelty; the wife’s virtue is highlighted by contrast, suggesting dharma is maintained even when not reciprocated.
Ethical narrative (ākhyāna) functioning as instruction in dharma and self-control; not a creation/manvantara passage.
The ‘harsh rebuke’ symbolizes the ego’s resistance when cared for—virtue must remain steady without dependence on praise; krodha is presented as a binding force contrary to yoga.