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Shloka 8

लुब्धक-कपोत-कपोती-आख्यानम्

The Hunter and the Pigeon Couple: Expiation and Refuge-Ethics

Devanagari script

न भुड्धक्ते मय्यभुक्ते या नास्नाते स्नाति सुव्रता । नातिष्ठत्युपतिछेत शेते च शयिते मयि

Transliteration

na bhuktānte mayy abhukte yā nāsnāte snāti suvratā | nātiṣṭhaty upatiṣṭhet śete ca śayite mayi ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“她守持上等誓戒，坚贞为妻。若我未食，她不食；若我未浴，她不浴。未先安我坐定，她不坐；唯待我已入睡，她方就寝。”

Word by Word

नnot

भुङ्क्तेeats

मयिwhen I / in my case

अभुक्तेwhen (I am) not fed / not having eaten

याshe who

नnot

अस्नातेwhen (I am) not bathed

स्नातिbathes

सुव्रताa woman of good vows

नnot

आतिष्ठतिsits down / takes a seat

उपतिष्ठेतwould attend / would stand near (serve)

शेतेlies down / sleeps

चand

शयितेwhen (I am) lying down / when I have gone to bed

मयिwhen I (have done so) / in my case

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined, self-restrained devotion within household life: the wife’s conduct is portrayed as attentive service and prioritizing the husband’s needs, presented as an ideal of patnī-dharma (wifely duty) and suvrata (observance of vows).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma describes the exemplary behavior of a devoted wife, listing her daily practices—eating, bathing, sitting, and sleeping only after him—to illustrate her steadfast vow and attentive service.