Shloka 38
वालिवधोत्तरशोकः
Sugriva’s Remorse and Tara’s Lament after Vali’s Death
शास्त्रप्रयोगाद्विविधाच्च वेदादात्माह्यनन्यः पुरुषस्य दाराः।दाराप्रदानान्नहि दानमन्यत्प्रदृश्यते ज्ञानवतां हि लोके।।
śāstraprayogād vividhāc ca vedād ātmā hy ananyaḥ puruṣasya dārāḥ | dārāpradānān nahi dānam anyat pradṛśyate jñānavatāṃ hi loke ||
شاستروں اور ویدوں کے مطابق بیوی شوہر کی ہی ذات ہوتی ہے؛ دنیا کے عقلمندوں کے نزدیک بیوی کا تحفہ دینے سے بڑا کوئی دان نہیں ہے۔
'The sacred texts as well as Vedic statements declare that wife is an inseparable part of the husband's soul. To the learned, there is no greater offering in the world than restoring the wife to her husband. You will not beget any sin by killing me.
FAQs
It grounds dharma in śāstra and Veda: marital unity is treated as a normative principle, and ‘restoration’ to the spouse is framed as a supreme dāna.
Tārā advances a scriptural argument to justify her request: her death would ‘return’ her to Vāli.
Appeal to learned tradition (jñānavatām-mata) and to dharma as text-backed moral order.