Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
तत् तदा वचनं श्रुत्वा भर्तुः कामातुरस्य सा ।
तत्पत्नी सत्कुलोत्पन्ना महाभागा पतिव्रता ॥
tat tadā vacanaṃ śrutvā bhartuḥ kāmāturasya sā / tatpatnī satkulotpannā mahābhāgā pativratā
اپنے شوہر کے وہ کلمات سن کر، جو خواہش سے مضطرب تھا، وہ بیوی—نیک خاندان میں پیدا ہوئی، خوش نصیب اور پتی ورتا—شوہر کی پسندیدہ بات پوری کرنے کو آمادہ ہوئی۔
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The text foregrounds the pativrata ideal, yet the episode will test its limits: virtue is not mere compliance, because compliance can collide with the welfare of others and with higher dharma.
Didactic narrative (vaṃśānucarita-like) used to teach dharma through consequence rather than a direct cosmological lakṣaṇa.
‘Good birth’ and ‘fortune’ are shown as capacities for dharma, but not guarantees of right discernment; dharma requires viveka (discrimination) alongside devotion.