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King Yayāti Achieves Liberation
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and after her marriage she was cared for by Yayāti, but here the word  svāminam  indicates that Devayānī left the protection of her husband, Yayāti, and returned to her former protector, Śukrācārya. Vedic civilization recommends that a woman stay under the protection of a man. During childhood she should be cared for by her father, in youth by her husband, and in old age by a grown son. In any stage of life, a woman should not have independence.
TEXT 9
सोऽपि चानुगतः स्त्रैणः कृपणस्तां प्रसादितुम् । कुर्वन्निडविडाकारं नाशक्रोत् पथि संधितुम् ॥ ९ ॥
so 'pi cānugataḥ straiṇaḥ kṛpaṇas tām prasāditum kurvann iḍaviḍā-kāram nāśaknot pathi sandhitum
saḥ —that he-goat;  api —also;  ca —also;  anugataḥ —following the she-goat;  straiṇaḥ —henpecked;  kṛpaṇaḥ —very poor;  tām —her;  prasāditum —to satisfy;  kurvan —making;  iḍaviḍā-kāram —an utterance in the language of the goats;  na —not;  aśaknot —was able;  pathi —on the road;  sandhitum —to satisfy.
TRANSLATION
Being very sorry, the he-goat, who was subservient to his wife, followed the she-goat on the road and tried his best to flatter her, but he could not pacify her.
TEXT 10
तस्यतत्र द्विजः कश्चिदजास्वाम्यच्छिन्द्र रुषा । लम्बन्तं वृषणं भूयः सन्दधेऽर्थाय योगवित् ॥१०॥
tasya tatra dvijaḥ kaścid ajā-svāmy acchinad ruṣā