Shloka 84
Kāṣṭhīlā-Ākhyāna: Ratnāvalī’s Return, Co-wife Dharma, and the Phālguna Propitiation
यास्यामि पुनरेवाहं तिर्यग्योनिं सहस्रशः । या भर्तुर्नापयेद्वित्तं जीवितं च शुभानने ॥ ८४ ॥
yāsyāmi punarevāhaṃ tiryagyoniṃ sahasraśaḥ | yā bharturnāpayedvittaṃ jīvitaṃ ca śubhānane || 84 ||
‘اے خوش رُو! جو عورت اپنے شوہر کے مال اور حتیٰ کہ اس کی جان کی حفاظت نہ کرے، وہ میں—ہزاروں بار—حیوانی رحموں میں بار بار جنم لوں گی۔’
Unspecified (a didactic statement addressed to a woman; narrative speaker not explicit in the supplied excerpt)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It frames household responsibility (gṛhastha-dharma) as spiritually consequential: negligence that harms the spouse’s welfare is treated as adharma leading to painful karmic rebirth.
Indirectly: it emphasizes ethical conduct as the foundation that supports higher practices like Vishnu-bhakti; without dharmic integrity in daily life, spiritual progress is obstructed by adverse karma.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana or Jyotisha) is taught in this verse; it is primarily a niti/dharma instruction about protecting one’s household and spouse’s welfare.