Shloka 56
The Greatness of the Month of Māgha
Māgha-snāna, Harivāsara, and the Kāṣṭhīlā-Upākhyāna
वित्तं देहं तथा पुत्रं यच्चान्यद्वा वरानने । किमन्यद्दैवतं लोके स्त्रीणामेकं पतिं विना ॥ ५६ ॥
vittaṃ dehaṃ tathā putraṃ yaccānyadvā varānane | kimanyaddaivataṃ loke strīṇāmekaṃ patiṃ vinā || 56 ||
اے خوش رُو! مال ہو یا بدن، بیٹا ہو یا کچھ اور—اس دنیا میں ایک شوہر کے سوا عورتوں کا اور کون سا دیوتا ہے؟
Narada (teaching within a dharma-upadeśa context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It frames pativratā-dharma as a focused spiritual orientation: for a devoted wife, honoring the husband becomes the primary locus of reverence and duty, integrating household life with dharma.
By presenting single-pointed reverence (eka-niṣṭhā) in one’s rightful relationship, it models the bhakti principle of exclusive devotion—here expressed through marital dharma rather than temple ritual.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is sadācāra—ethical discipline and role-based duty (ācāra) within the gṛhastha order.