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Shloka 50

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

सत्यं रतिश्न धर्मश्न स्वर्गश्न॒ गुणनिर्जित:,सस्‍त्रीणां पतिसमाधीन कांक्षितं च द्विजर्षभ । द्विजश्रेष्ठ! स्त्रियोंका सत्य, धर्म, रति, अपने गुणोंसे मिला हुआ स्वर्ग तथा उनकी सारी अभिलाषा पतिके ही अधीन है

satyaṁ ratiś ca dharmaś ca svargaś ca guṇa-nirjitaḥ | strīṇāṁ pati-samādhīnaṁ kāṅkṣitaṁ ca dvijarṣabha ||

Nakula nói: “Hỡi bậc tối thượng trong hàng nhị sinh, đối với phụ nữ, sự chân thật, ái tình, chính pháp, và cả cõi trời—đạt được nhờ chính đức hạnh của họ—cùng mọi điều họ ước muốn, đều được hiểu là tùy thuộc nơi người chồng.”

सत्यम्truth
सत्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
रतिःlove/pleasure
रतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
धर्मःdharma/duty
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
स्वर्गःheaven
स्वर्गः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
गुणनिर्जितःwon/obtained by (one's) virtues
गुणनिर्जितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootगुणनिर्जित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्त्रीणाम्of women
स्त्रीणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
पति-समाधीनम्dependent on the husband
पति-समाधीनम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपति-समाधीन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
काङ्क्षितम्the desired (thing)
काङ्क्षितम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकाङ्क्षित
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
द्विजर्षभO bull among the twice-born (best of Brahmins)
द्विजर्षभ:
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज-ऋषभ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

नकुल उवाच

N
Nakula
D
dvija (brāhmaṇa addressee)

Educational Q&A

The verse presents a normative dharma-śāstric view of household order: a woman’s moral and spiritual aims—truth, dharma, conjugal love, and even heavenly reward—are framed as being mediated through and dependent upon her husband.

Nakula is speaking to a learned brāhmaṇa (addressed as dvijarṣabha), articulating a principle about strī-dharma and the household relationship, emphasizing the husband’s central role in a woman’s desired goals and religious merit.