Shloka 22
Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)
पत्नीउवाच मदर्थं तेन नागेन सुता शप्ता सखी मम ।
मूका भविष्यसीत्याह सा च मूकत्वमागताः ॥
patnyuvāca madarthaṃ tena nāgena sutā śaptā sakhī mama | mūkā bhaviṣyasīty āha sā ca mūkatvam āgatāḥ ||
بیوی نے کہا—“میرے سبب، اے دوست، اس سہیلی دوشیزہ کو اُس ناگ نے یہ بددعا دی—‘تو گونگی ہو جائے گی’؛ اور وہ واقعی گونگی ہو گئی۔”
FAQs
One is ethically compelled to remedy harm that occurred ‘because of me’ (madartham), even if indirectly; compassion extends beyond the household to friends and dependents.
Narrative dharma illustration; not directly sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara.
Muteness signifies blockage of vāg-śakti; the coming remedy via Sarasvatī aligns speech with sacred order (ṛta) through mantra and iṣṭi.