इति निश्चित्य सा नाथमनुक्त्वैव वराङ्गना । यथाशास्त्रं चचारोग्रं तथा नियममास्थिता ॥ ३० ॥
iti niścitya sā nāthamanuktvaiva varāṅganā | yathāśāstraṁ cacārōgraṁ tathā niyamamāsthitā || 30 ||
Translation
Having so resolved, the lovely lady, without even telling her lord, practised fierce austerity according to the scriptures, keeping the vows.
Word by word
- iti
- so
- niścitya
- having resolved
- sā
- she
- nātham
- her lord
- anuktvā
- without telling
- ēva
- even
- varāṅganā
- the lovely lady
- yathāśāstraṁ
- according to the scriptures
- cacāra
- practised
- ugraṁ
- fierce
- tathā
- so
- niyamam
- the vows
- āsthitā
- keeping
Meaning
The commentary: having decided so, without telling her husband, she undertook severe austerity in the manner laid down. A note answers the objection that a wife's fast without her husband's leave is condemned: the smṛti also says that a wife should always do what is for her husband's good, openly or in secret, with vows, fasts and worldly service; the condemnation is of fasts kept for her own ends.