Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.250
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पतिमत्या दिवारात्रं वृत्तान्तं श्रूयतां शुभम् ।
पत्युः पूर्वं समुत्थाय प्रातःक्रम समाचरेत् ॥ १३.२५०.१ ॥
A wife devoted to her husband should hear the auspicious conduct of day and night: she should rise before her husband and perform the morning routine.
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पत्युर्भावं विदित्वा तु पश्चात्सम्बोधयेत्तु तम् ।
नित्यं पौर्वाह्णिकं कार्यं स्वयं कुर्याद्यथाविधि ॥ १३.२५०.२ ॥
Having understood her husband's mood, she should afterwards awaken him; she herself should perform the forenoon daily duties according to rule.
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निवेद्य च तथाऽऽहारं यथा सम्पद्यतामिति ।
तथैव कुर्यात्तत्सर्वं यथा पत्युः प्रियं भवेत् ॥ १३.२५०.३ ॥
Having reported that the food should be prepared, she should do all of it in such a way that it is pleasing to her husband.
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यथा भर्ता तथा नारी गुरूणां प्रतिपद्यते ॥ १३.२५०.४ ॥
As the husband conducts himself, so does the wife conduct herself toward the elders.
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शुश्रूषापोषणविधौ पतिप्रियचिकीर्षया ।
भर्तुर्निष्क्रमणे कार्यं संस्मरेदप्रमादतः ॥ १३.२५०.५ ॥
In the rule of service and nourishing, out of desire to do what is dear to her husband, she should carefully remember what is to be done when her husband goes out.
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आगतं तु पतिं दृष्ट्वा सहसा परिचारणम् ।
स्वयं कुर्वीत सम्प्रीत्या कायश्रमहरं परम् ॥ १३.२५०.६ ॥
Seeing her husband come home, she should at once personally attend him with affection; this is the supreme service that removes bodily fatigue.
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पाद्यसनाभ्यां शयनैर्वाक्यैश्च हृदयप्रियैः ।
अतिथीनामागमेन प्रीतियुक्ता सदा भवेत् ॥ १३.२५०.७ ॥
With water for the feet, seats, beds and words pleasing to the heart, one should always be full of affection when guests arrive.
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कर्मणा वचनेनापि तोषयेदतिथीन्सदा ।
मङ्गलं गृहशौचं च सर्वोपकरणानि च ॥ १३.२५०.८ ॥
One should always please guests by deed and by word; likewise auspicious things, cleanliness of the house and all necessary provisions.
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सर्वकालमवेक्षेत कारयन्ती च कुर्वती ।
धर्मकार्ये तु सम्प्राप्ते तद्वद्धर्मपरा भवेत् ॥ १३.२५०.९ ॥
At all times she should attend to things, doing them herself and having them done; and when a religious duty arises, she should likewise be devoted to dharma.
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अर्थकार्ये पुनर्भर्तुः प्रमादालस्यवर्जिता ।
सा यत्नं परमं कुर्यात्तस्यि साहाय्यकारणात् ॥ १३.२५०.१० ॥
In matters of wealth, free from negligence and sloth, she should make the supreme effort to assist her husband.
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धुरन्धरा भवेद्भर्तुः साध्वी धर्मार्थयोः सदा ।
विहारकाले वै भर्तुर्ज्ञात्वा भावं हृदि स्थितम् ॥ १३.२५०.११ ॥
A virtuous wife should always bear the burden of her husband in dharma and wealth; at the time of pleasure, knowing the mood that lies in her husband's heart, she should act accordingly.
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अलङ्कृत्य यथायोगं मन्दहाससमन्वितम् ।
वाक्यैर्मधुरसंयुक्तैः स्मयन्ती तोषयेत्पतिम् ॥ १३.२५०.१२ ॥
Having adorned herself fittingly, smiling with a gentle smile, she should please her husband with sweet and pleasing words.
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कठोराणि न वाच्यानि अन्यथा प्रमदान्तरे ।
यस्यां कामी भवेद्भर्ता तस्याः प्रीतिकरी भवेत् ॥ १३.२५०.१३ ॥
Harsh words should not be spoken in the presence of another woman; otherwise, they should be pleasing to her on whom the husband's desire falls.
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अप्रमादं पुरस्कृत्य मनसा तोषयेत्पतिम् ।
अनन्तरमथान्येषां भोजनावेक्षणं चरेत् ॥ १३.२५०.१४ ॥
Keeping carefulness foremost, one should please the husband with the heart; afterwards one should attend to the meals of others.
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दासीदासबलीवर्दांश्चण्डालं च शुनस्तथा ।
अनाथान्कृपणांश्चैव भिक्षुकांश्च तथैव च।
पूजयेद्बलिभैक्षेण पत्युर्धर्मं विवर्धयेत् ॥ १३.२५०.१५ ॥
She should honour with offerings and alms the female and male servants, oxen, the outcaste, dogs, the helpless, the wretched and beggars; thus she should increase her husband's dharma.
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कुपितं वाऽर्थहीनं वा श्रान्तं वोपचरेत्पतिम् ।
यता स तुष्टः स्वस्थश्च तथा सन्तोषयेत्पतिम् ॥ १३.२५०.१६ ॥
Even if the husband is angry, poor or weary, she should attend to him, so that he is pleased and at ease; thus she should satisfy her husband.
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यथा कुटुम्बचिन्तायां विवादे वाऽर्थसञ्चये ।
आहूता तत्सहायार्थं तथा प्रियहितं वदेत् ॥ १३.२५०.१७ ॥
As a woman summoned to help him in the cares of the household, in a dispute, or in the gathering of wealth should speak words that are dear and beneficial, so she should speak.
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अप्रियं च हितं ब्रूयात्तस्य धर्मार्थकाङ्क्षया ।
एकान्तचर्याकथनं कलहं वर्जयेत्परैः ॥ १३.२५०.१८ ॥
Out of desire for his dharma and wealth, she should speak even what is unpleasant but beneficial; she should avoid talk of solitary conduct and quarrels with others.
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बहिरालोकनं चैव मोहं व्रीडां च पैशुनम् ।
बह्वाशित्वं दिवास्वप्नमेवमादि विवर्जयेत् ॥ १३.२५०.१९ ॥
Looking outward, delusion, shame, slander, eating too much, sleeping by day, and such like things she should avoid.
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रहस्येकासनं साध्वी न कुर्यादात्मजैरपि ।
यद्यद्दद्यान्नियत्स्वेति न्यासवत्परिपालयेत् ॥ १३.२५०.२० ॥
A virtuous wife should not sit on one seat in private, even with her own sons. Whatever is given to her she should guard carefully, as a trust deposit.
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विस्मृतं वाऽपि यद्द्रव्यं प्रतिपद्यात्स्वशौचतः ।
यत्किञ्चित्पतिना दत्तं लब्ध्वा तत्सा सुकी भवेत् ॥ १३.२५०.२१ ॥
Even if some property has been forgotten, she should recover it through her own purity. Whatever her husband has given her, having received it, she should be content.
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अतीवाज्ञामतीर्ष्यां च दूरतः परिवर्जयेत् ।
बालवद्वृद्धवद्भार्या सदैवानुचरेत्पतिम् ॥ १३.२५०.२२ ॥
Exceeding ignorance and excessive jealousy she should shun from afar. A wife should always attend upon her husband, tending him as one tends a child and also an elder.
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भार्याया व्रतमित्येव कर्तव्यं सततं विभो ।
एतत्पतिव्रतावृत्तमुक्तं देव समासतः ॥ १३.२५०.२३ ॥
O lord, this very vow of a wife should always be kept. O god, the conduct of the faithful wife has been told to you in brief.
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न च भोगे न चैश्वर्ये न सुखे न धने तथा ।
स्पृहा यस्यास्तथा भर्तुः सा नारीणां पतिव्रता ॥ १३.२५०.२४ ॥
She in whom there is no longing for enjoyment, nor for power, nor for happiness, nor for wealth, and likewise her husband has no such longing, she is the faithful wife among women.
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पतिर्हि दैवतं स्त्रीणां पतिर्बन्धुः पतिर्गतिः ।
नान्यं गतिमहं पश्ये प्रमदाया यथा पतिः ॥ १३.२५०.२५ ॥
For women the husband is the god, the husband is kinsman, the husband is the refuge. I see no other refuge for a woman like her husband.
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जातिष्वपि च वै स्त्रीत्वं विशिष्टं मे मतिः प्रभो ।
कायक्लेशेन महता पुरुषः प्राप्नुयात्फलम्।
तत्सर्वं लभते नारी सुखेन पतिपूजया ॥ १३.२५०.२६ ॥
Even among births, womanhood is in my view the most excellent, O lord. A man obtains fruit through great bodily suffering; a woman obtains all that easily by worshipping her husband.
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यथासुखं पतिमती सर्वं पत्यनुकूलतः ।
ईदृशं धर्मसाकल्यं पश्य त्वं प्रमदां प्रति।
एतद्विसृज्य पच्यन्ते कुस्त्रियः पापमोहिताः ॥ १३.२५०.२७ ॥
A wife devoted to her husband, pleasing her husband, obtains everything with ease. Look at this completeness of dharma in a woman. Those wicked women who abandon it, deluded by sin, suffer torment.
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तपश्चर्या च दानं च पतौ तस्याः समर्पितम् ।
रूपं कुलं यशस्तेजः सर्वं तस्मिन्प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥ १३.२५०.२८ ॥
Her austerity and her gifts are dedicated to her husband. Beauty, family, fame and radiance all rest in him.
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एवं व्रतसमाचाराः स्ववृत्तेनैव शोभनाः ।
स्वभर्त्रा च सम गच्छेत्पुण्यलोकान्सुकर्मणा ॥ १३.२५०.२९ ॥
Thus the observances of vows shine through one's own conduct alone. Let her go with her husband to the meritorious worlds by good deeds.
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वृद्धो विरुपो बीभत्सो धनवान्निर्धनोऽपि वा ।
एवंभूतोपि वै भर्ता स्त्रीणां भूषणमुत्तमम् ॥ १३.२५०.३० ॥
Old, ill-favoured, repulsive, wealthy or poor, even such a husband is the supreme ornament of women.
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आढ्यं वा रूपयुक्तं वा विरूपं धनवर्जितम् ।
या पतिं तोषयेत्साध्वी सा पत्नीनां विशिष्यते ॥ १३.२५०.३१ ॥
Whether wealthy or handsome, or ugly and without wealth, the virtuous wife who pleases her husband is the most distinguished of wives.
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दरिद्रांश्च विरूपाश्च प्रमूढान्कुष्टसंयुतान् ।
पतीनुपचरेल्लोकानक्षयान्प्रतिपद्यते ॥ १३.२५०.३२ ॥
She who serves even husbands who are poor, ugly, deluded, or afflicted with leprosy attains imperishable worlds.
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एवं प्रवर्तमानायाः पतिः पूर्वं म्रियेत चेत् ।
तदाऽनुमरणं गच्छेत्पुनर्धर्मं चरेत वा ॥ १३.२५०.३३ ॥
If the husband of a woman who conducts herself thus dies first, she may follow him in death, or else again practise dharma.
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एतदेवं मया प्रोक्तं स्त्रियस्तु बहुधा स्मृताः ।
देवदानवगन्धर्वा मनुष्या इति नैकधा ॥ १३.२५०.३४ ॥
I have declared this thus. Women are taught to be of many kinds: gods, demons, gandharvas, and humans, and so in many ways.
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सौम्यशीलाः शुभाचाराः सर्वास्ताः सम्भवन्ति च ।
यथा शुभं प्रवक्ष्यामि स्त्रीणां धर्मं महेश्वर ॥ १३.२५०.३५ ॥
All of them may come to be gentle in nature and of good conduct. O Maheśvara, I shall declare the dharma of women, as is auspicious.
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आसुर्यश्चैव पैशाच्यो राक्षस्यश्च भन्ति हि ।
तासां वृत्तमशेषेण श्रूयतां लोककारणात् ॥ १३.२५०.३६ ॥
There are also demonic women, ghoulish women, and rākṣasī women. Hear their conduct in full, for the welfare of the world.
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न्यायतो वाऽन्यथा प्रोक्ता भावदोषसमन्विताः ।
भर्तॄनुपचरन्त्येव रागद्वेषबलात्कृताः ॥ १३.२५०.३७ ॥
Declared justly or otherwise, endowed with faults of disposition, compelled by the force of passion and aversion, they indeed serve their husbands.
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स्वधर्मविमुखा भूत्वा प्रदूष्यन्ति यतस्ततः ।
प्रवृद्दविषया नित्यं प्रतिकूलं वदन्ति च ॥ १३.२५०.३८ ॥
Turning away from their own duty, they are corrupted this way and that; with their senses ever more indulged, they always speak contrary words.
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अर्थान्विनाशयन्त्येवं न गृह्णन्ति हितं क्वचित् ।
स्वबुद्धिनिरता भूत्वा जीवन्ति च यथा तथा ॥ १३.२५०.३९ ॥
Thus they destroy their own aims and never accept what is beneficial; devoted to their own judgment, they live however they can.
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गुणवत्यः क्वचिद्भूत्वा पतिधर्मपरा इव ।
पुनर्भवन्ति पापिष्ठा विषमं वृत्तमास्थिताः ॥ १३.२५०.४० ॥
Sometimes, having become virtuous and seemingly devoted to the duty of a husband, they again become most sinful, taking up a crooked conduct.
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अनवस्थितमर्यादा बहुवेषा व्यवस्थिताः ।
असन्तुष्टाश्च लुब्धाश्च ईर्ष्याक्रोधयुता भृशम् ॥ १३.२५०.४१ ॥
With unstable bounds of decorum, established in many guises, discontented and greedy, endowed in great measure with envy and anger.
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भोगप्रिया हितद्वेष्याः कामभोगपरायणाः ।
प्रायशोऽनृतभूयिष्ठा गुरूणां प्रतिलोमकाः ॥ १३.२५०.४२ ॥
Fond of pleasures, hostile to what is beneficial, intent only on the enjoyment of desires, mostly full of falsehood, going against their elders.
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एवंवृत्तसमाचारा आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः ।
अपकारपरा नित्यं सततं कलहप्रिया ॥ १३.२५०.४३ ॥
Such women, of such conduct and behaviour, having taken on a demonic nature, always intent on harming others, and constantly fond of quarrels.
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परुषा रुक्षवचना निर्घृणा निरपत्रपाः ।
निःस्नेहाः क्रोधनाश्चैव भर्तृपुत्रस्वबन्धुषु ॥ १३.२५०.४४ ॥
Harsh, speaking rough words, merciless, shameless, without affection, and quick to anger toward husbands, sons and their own kinsmen.
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घोरा मांसप्रिया नित्यं हसन्ति च रुदन्ति च ।
पतीन्व्यभिचरन्त्येव दुर्मार्गेण यथा तथा।
बन्धुभिर्भर्त्सिता भूत्वा गृहकार्याणि कुर्वते ॥ १३.२५०.४५ ॥
Terrible, always fond of flesh, they laugh and they weep; they betray even their husbands, following a wicked path however they can. Rebuked by their kinsmen, they then perform the household tasks.
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अथवा भर्त्सिता देव निवृत्ताः स्वेषु कर्मसु ।
तथैवात्मवधं घोरं व्यवस्येयुर्न संशयः ॥ १३.२५०.४६ ॥
Or, O god, when rebuked, they turn away from their own duties and in just the same way resolve upon a terrible self-destruction, without doubt.
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निर्दया निरनुक्रोशाः कुटुम्बार्थविलोपकाः ।
धर्मर्थरहिता घोराः सततं कुर्वते क्रियाः ॥ १३.२५०.४७ ॥
Pitiless and without compassion, they destroy the welfare of the family; devoid of dharma and wealth, terrible, they constantly perform such deeds.
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अनर्थे निपुणाः पापाः परप्राणेषु निर्दयाः ।
एवंयुक्तसमाचाराः स्त्रियः पैशाचमाश्रिताः ॥ १३.२५०.४८ ॥
Women skilled in harm, sinful, pitiless toward the lives of others, joined to such conduct, having taken on a ghoulish nature.
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अपरा मोहसंयुक्ता निर्लज्जा रोदनप्रियाः ।
अशुद्धा मलदिग्धाङ्ग्य पानमांसरता भृशम्।
वदन्त्यनृतवाक्यानि हसन्ति विलपन्ति च। ॥ १३.२५०.४९ ॥
Other women, full of delusion, shameless and fond of weeping, impure with limbs smeared with filth, wholly devoted to drink and meat, speak false words, laugh, and lament.
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दुष्पसादा महाक्रोधाः स्वप्नशीला निरन्तरम् ।
तामस्यो नष्टतत्वार्था मन्दशीला महोदराः।
भुञ्जते विविधं सिद्धं भोजनं तीव्रसम्भ्रमाः ॥ १३.२५०.५० ॥
Hard to please, greatly angry, constantly given to sleep, dominated by darkness, having lost the sense of truth, of dull character and big-bellied, they eat various prepared foods with intense haste.
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गुणरूपवयोयुक्तं पतिं कामिनमुत्तमम् ।
हित्वाऽन्येनैव गच्छन्ति सर्वधा भृशतापिताः ॥ १३.२५०.५१ ॥
Having abandoned a husband endowed with virtue, beauty and youth, an excellent and loving one, greatly tormented, they go in every way to another man.
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निर्लज्जा धर्मसन्दिग्धाः प्रतिकूलाः समन्ततः ।
एवंरूपसमाचाराः स्त्रियो राक्षसमाश्रिताः ॥ १३.२५०.५२ ॥
Shameless, doubtful about dharma, adverse on all sides, women of such conduct and such form resort to the demonic nature.
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एवंविधानां सर्वासां न परत्र महासुखम् ।
नरकाद्विप्रमुक्तानां मानुष्यं दुर्लभं भवेत् ॥ १३.२५०.५३ ॥
For all women of such kind there is no great happiness in the next world; even when freed from hell, human birth will be hard for them to obtain.
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कष्टं तत्रापि भुञ्जन्ते स्वकृतं दुःखजं बहु ।
दरिद्राः क्लेशभूयिष्ठा विरूपाः कुत्सिताः परैः।
विधवा दुर्भगा वाऽपि लभन्ते दुःखमीदृशम् ॥ १३.२५०.५४ ॥
There too they suffer much pain born of their own deeds: those who are poor, full of affliction, ugly, despised by others, or widowed and ill-fated, obtain such suffering.
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शतवर्षसहस्राणि निरयं व्यभिचारिणी ।
व्रजेत्पतिं च पापेन संयोज्य स्वकुलं तथा ॥ १३.२५०.५५ ॥
An adulterous woman goes to hell for hundreds of thousands of years, and through her sin she draws her husband and her own family into it as well.
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एतद्विज्ञाय पतितं पुनश्चेद्धितमात्मनः ।
कुर्याद्भर्तारमाश्रित्य तथा धर्मवमाप्नुयात् ॥ १३.२५०.५६ ॥
Knowing this, if a fallen woman again acts for her own good by taking refuge in her husband, she will attain dharma.
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अतिसंयान्ति ताँल्लोकान्पुण्यान्परमशोभनान् ।
अवमत्य च याः पूर्वं पतिं दुष्टेन चेतसा ॥ १३.२५०.५७ ॥
Women who in the past despised their husbands and acted with a wicked mind do not attain those meritorious and most splendid worlds.
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वर्तमानास्च सततं भर्तॄणां प्रतिकूलतः ।
भर्त्रानुमरणं काले याः कुर्वन्ति तथाविधाः ॥ १३.२५०.५८ ॥
Women who always conduct themselves against their husbands, and who at the proper time perform anumaraṇa (dying after the husband) with him, are of this kind.
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कामात्क्रोधाद्भयाल्लोभादपहास्या भवन्ति ताः ।
आदिप्रभृति कुस्त्रीणां तथाऽनुमरणं वृथा ॥ १३.२५०.५९ ॥
From desire, anger, fear and greed they become objects of ridicule; for wicked women, dying after the husband has been in vain from the very beginning.
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आदिप्रभृति या साध्वी पत्युः प्रियपरायणा ।
ऊर्ध्वं गच्छति सा पूता भर्त्राऽनुमरणं गता ॥ १३.२५०.६० ॥
The virtuous woman who from the very beginning is devoted to what pleases her husband, having followed him in death, goes upward, purified.
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एवं मृताया वै लोकानहं पश्यामि चक्षुषा ।
स्पृहणीयान्सुरगणैर्यान्गच्छन्ति पतिव्रताः ॥ १३.२५०.६१ ॥
Thus, I see with my own eyes the worlds of a woman who has died in this way, worlds desired even by the hosts of gods, to which the faithful wives go.
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अथवा भर्तरि मृते वैधव्यं धर्ममाश्रिताः ।
तूष्णीं भौमं जले नित्यमञ्जलिस्नानमुत्तमम्।
व्रतं च पतिमुद्दिश्य कुर्यश्चैव विधिं ततः ॥ १३.२५०.६२ ॥
Or else, when her husband has died, having taken up the duty of widowhood, she should lie silently on the ground, perform the excellent vow of bathing daily in water with cupped hands, and perform the rite with her husband in mind.
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एवं गच्छति सा नारी पतिलोकमनुत्तमम् ।
रमणीयमनिर्देश्यं दुष्प्रापं देवमानुषैः ॥ १३.२५०.६३ ॥
Thus that woman goes to her husband's supreme world, delightful, indescribable, hard to attain even for gods and men.
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प्राप्नुयात्तादृशं लोकं केवलं या पतिव्रता ।
इति ते कथितं देव स्त्रीणां धर्मिमनुत्तमम् ॥ १३.२५०.६४ ॥
Only the faithful wife attains such a world. Thus, O god, I have told you the supreme duty of women.
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भवतः प्रियकामिन्या यन्मयोक्तं तवाग्रतः ।
चापल्यान्मम देवेश तद्भवान्क्षन्तुमर्हति ॥ १३.२५०.६५ ॥
What I have said before you, as one who desires your pleasure, I said out of fickleness. O lord of gods, you should forgive it.
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एवं वदन्तीं रुद्राणीं लज्जाभावसमन्विताम् ।
प्रशशंस च देवेशो वाचा सञ्जनयन्प्रियम् ॥ १३.२५०.६६ ॥
Thus speaking, Rudrāṇī, endowed with a feeling of shame, was praised by the lord of gods, who with his words produced delight.
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ऋषयो देवगन्धर्वाः प्रमदाश्च सहस्रशः ।
प्रणम्य शिरसा देवीं स्तुतिभिश्चाभितुष्टुवुः ॥ १३.२५०.६७ ॥
Sages, gods, gandharvas and thousands of women, bowing their heads to the goddess, praised her fully with hymns.
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पूजयामासुरपरे देवदेव मुदा युताः ।
संवादं चिन्तयन्त्यन्ते श्रद्दधानाः सुचेतसः ॥ १३.२५०.६८ ॥
Others worshipped with joy, O god of gods; and afterwards, full of faith and of good mind, they began to meditate upon this dialogue.
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ततस्तु देवदेवेशो देवीं वचनमब्रवीत् ।
शृणु कल्याणि मद्वाक्यं संवादोऽयं मया तव।
पुण्यं पवित्रं ख्यातं च भविता नात्र संशयः ॥ १३.२५०.६९ ॥
Then the lord of the lords of gods said to the goddess: Listen, O auspicious one, to my words; this dialogue of ours will be meritorious, purifying and renowned — there is no doubt of it.
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य इमं श्रावयेद्विद्वान्संवादं चावयोः प्रिये ।
शुचिर्भूत्वा नरान्युक्तान्स तैः स्वर्गं व्रजेत्सुखम् ॥ १३.२५०.७० ॥
Whoever, learned, causes this dialogue of ours, O beloved, to be heard by fit men, having become pure, should go happily to heaven with them.
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यस्त्वेनं शृणुयान्नित्यं संवादं चावयोः शुभम् ।
कीर्तिमायुष्यमारोग्यं लभते स गतिं पराम् ॥ १३.२५०.७१ ॥
And whoever constantly hears this auspicious dialogue of ours obtains fame, long life and health; he attains the supreme goal.