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Pativratā (Dharmavyādha)
Classical
A devoted wife and a righteous butcher teach a proud Brahmin that duty outranks ritual.
Told by Mārkaṇḍeya → Yudhiṣṭhira
Bound to
Sāvitrī twin
Draupadī and Satyabhāmā: How a Wife Wins Her Husband mirror
Where this comes from
- CE · Mahabharata, Critical Edition 3.196-206 3.196-206