Text 10] King Yayati Achieves Liberation 63
and after her marriage she was cared for by Yayati, but here the word
svdminam indicates that Devayani left the protection of her husband,
Yayati, and returned to her former protector, Sukracarya. Vedic civiliza-
tion 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
ashe aaa: AT: HIT TANT |
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HAASASTHN ATIATG TT afray 8 I
so ‘pi canugatah strainah
krpanas tam prasdditum
kurvann idavida-karam
nasaknot pathi sandhitum
sah—that he-goat; api—also; ca—also; anugatah—following the
she-goat; strainah—henpecked; krpanah—very poor; tdm—her;
prasdditum—to satisfy; kurvan—making; idavida-kéram—an ut-
terance in the language of the goats; na—not; asaknot—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
qa fea aaqararahearg eT |
raed TIO YT: ATS TTT 112 oll
tasya tatra dvijah kascid
aja-svamy acchinad rusa
