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sukanyā cyavanaṁ prāpya
patiṁ parama-kopanam
prīṇayām āsa citta-jñā
apramattānuvṛttibhiḥ

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Synonyms

sukanyā — la muchacha llamada Sukanyā, la hija del rey Śaryāti; cyavanam — al gran sabio Cyavana Muni; prāpya — tras obtener; patim — por esposo; parama-kopanam — que siempre estaba muy enfadado; prīṇayām āsa — ella le satisfizo; citta-jñā — entendiendo la mente de su esposo; apramattā anuvṛttibhiḥ — realizando servicio sin dejarse confundir.

sukanyā — the girl named Sukanyā, the daughter of King Śaryāti; cyavanam — the great sage Cyavana Muni; prāpya — after obtaining; patim — as her husband; parama-kopanam — who was always very angry; prīṇayām āsa — she satisfied him; citta-jñā — understanding the mind of her husband; apramattā anuvṛttibhiḥ — by executing services without being bewildered.

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Cyavana Muni era muy irritable, pero Sukanyā, aceptando su papel de esposa, le trataba con todo el tacto que la actitud del sabio requería. Conociendo su mente, le ofreció servicio sin dejarse confundir.

Cyavana Muni was very irritable, but since Sukanyā had gotten him as her husband, she dealt with him carefully, according to his mood. Knowing his mind, she performed service to him without being bewildered.

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Este verso nos indica cómo debe ser la relación entre esposo y esposa. Por temperamento, una gran personalidad como Cyavana Muni siempre desea estar en una posición de superioridad. Una persona así no puede aceptar a nadie por encima de él. El temperamento de Cyavana Muni era, por lo tanto, irritable. Su esposa, Sukanyā, comprendía su actitud y sabía darle el trato más adecuado a las circunstancias. La mujer que desee vivir feliz debe entender el temperamento de su esposo, y complacerle. Esa actitud representa la victoria de la mujer. También en los tratos del Señor Kṛṣṇa con Sus reinas podemos ver que ellas, aunque eran hijas de grandes reyes, se presentaban ante el Señor Kṛṣṇa como sirvientas Suyas. Esa es la actitud que toda mujer, por elevada que sea, debe adoptar ante su esposo. Es decir, debe estar dispuesta a cumplir las órdenes de su esposo y complacerle en toda circunstancia. De ese modo, su vida será un éxito. Cuando la esposa se irrita con la misma facilidad que el marido, es seguro que su vida doméstica estará llena de dificultades y que, más tarde o más temprano, llegará la ruptura definitiva. En nuestros días, las esposas no son sumisas, de modo que cualquier incidente sin importancia puede suponer la ruptura del hogar. Tanto la mujer como el marido pueden recurrir a la ley de divorcio. Sin embargo, en la ley védica no existe el divorcio, y la mujer debe ser educada en el principio de la sumisión a su esposo. Los occidentales sostienen que esa mentalidad hace de la esposa una esclava, pero no es así; se trata de la táctica que le permitirá conquistar el corazón de su esposo, por irritable o cruel que este sea. En este ejemplo vemos claramente que Sukanyā, una hermosa y joven princesa, se sometió a su anciano esposo y trató de complacerle en todo, a pesar de que Cyavana Muni no era joven, sino lo bastante viejo como para ser su abuelo. Sukanyā fue, por lo tanto, una esposa casta y fiel.

This is an indication of the relationship between husband and wife. A great personality like Cyavana Muni has the temperament of always wanting to be in a superior position. Such a person cannot submit to anyone. Therefore, Cyavana Muni had an irritable temperament. His wife, Sukanyā, could understand his attitude, and under the circumstances she treated him accordingly. If any wife wants to be happy with her husband, she must try to understand her husband’s temperament and please him. This is victory for a woman. Even in the dealings of Lord Kṛṣṇa with His different queens, it has been seen that although the queens were the daughters of great kings, they placed themselves before Lord Kṛṣṇa as His maidservants. However great a woman may be, she must place herself before her husband in this way; that is to say, she must be ready to carry out her husband’s orders and please him in all circumstances. Then her life will be successful. When the wife becomes as irritable as the husband, their life at home is sure to be disturbed or ultimately completely broken. In the modern day, the wife is never submissive, and therefore home life is broken even by slight incidents. Either the wife or the husband may take advantage of the divorce laws. According to the Vedic law, however, there is no such thing as divorce laws, and a woman must be trained to be submissive to the will of her husband. Westerners contend that this is a slave mentality for the wife, but factually it is not; it is the tactic by which a woman can conquer the heart of her husband, however irritable or cruel he may be. In this case we clearly see that although Cyavana Muni was not young but indeed old enough to be Sukanyā’s grandfather and was also very irritable, Sukanyā, the beautiful young daughter of a king, submitted herself to her old husband and tried to please him in all respects. Thus she was a faithful and chaste wife.