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Shloka 6

Viṣṇor Māhātmya and Indriya-saṃyama (विष्णोर्माहात्म्यं तथा इन्द्रियसंयमः)

Devanagari script

तस्य भार्या व्रतकृशा शुचि: पुष्करधारिणी । यज्ञपत्नी समानीता सत्येनानुविधीयते

Transliteration

tasya bhāryā vratakṛśā śuciḥ puṣkaradhāriṇī | yajñapatnī samānītā satyenānuvidhīyate ||

Translation

那罗陀说道：“他的妻子名为Puṣkaradhāriṇī，行止清净，因持戒与斋戒而日渐消瘦。她被迎入为祭祀之妻（yajñapatnī），并顺从于萨提亚（Satya）。”

Word by Word

तस्यof him/that (brahmin)

भार्याwife

व्रत-कृशाemaciated by vows/fasts

शुचिःpure

पुष्कर-धारिणीbearing a lotus; (name) Puṣkaradhāriṇī

यज्ञ-पत्नीthe sacrificial wife (wife participating in the rite)

समानीताhaving been brought/led (here)

सत्येनby Satya (the brahmin)

अनुविधीयतेis made to follow / is constrained to comply

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Satya (brāhmaṇa)

Puṣkaradhāriṇī (wife; yajñapatnī)

Yajña (sacrifice)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the tension between ritual obligation and personal disposition: the wife is portrayed as morally pure and ascetic, yet she is summoned to fulfill the formal role of yajñapatnī, underscoring how dharma in household life can involve compliance with prescribed duties even amid ethical unease.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes Satya’s wife Puṣkaradhāriṇī—pure and weakened by vows—being brought to participate as the sacrificial wife in a yajña, and she follows Satya’s direction in that ritual context.