आर्ये जानासि यद् दुःखम् इह स्त्रीणाम् अनङ्गजम् ॥
तद् इदं माम् अनुप्राप्तं भीमसेनकृतं शुभे ॥
सोढं तत् परमं दुःखं मया कालप्रतीक्षया ॥
सो ऽयम् अभ्यागतः कालो भविता मे सुखाय वै ॥
मया ह्य् उत्सृज्य सुहृदः स्वधर्मं स्वजनं तथा ॥
वृतो ऽयं पुरुषव्याघ्रस् तव पुत्रः पतिः शुभे ॥
ārye jānāsi yad duḥkham iha strīṇām anaṅgajam ||
tad idaṃ mām anuprāptaṃ bhīmasenakṛtaṃ śubhe ||
soḍhaṃ tat paramaṃ duḥkhaṃ mayā kālapratīkṣayā ||
so 'yam abhyāgataḥ kālo bhavitā me sukhāya vai ||
mayā hy utsṛjya suhṛdaḥ svadharmaṃ svajanaṃ tathā ||
vṛto 'yaṃ puruṣavyāghras tava putraḥ patiḥ śubhe ||
Hidimba said: "O honored one, you know the suffering of women that is born of love; this has come upon me, caused by Bhimasena, O gracious one. That supreme suffering I have borne, waiting for the hour -- and now this hour has come, which will be for my happiness. For I, having cast off friends, my own dharma, and my own kin, have chosen this tiger among men, your son, as husband, O gracious one."
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Here Hidimba shows the wholeness of sacrifice that love demands. It is telling that she has "cast off friends, her own dharma, and her own kin" for the one she has chosen: devotion keeps nothing back for itself, giving all. Here is a reflection of the highest devotion: as the devoted soul leaves familiar supports and conventions, surrendering wholly to the Beloved, so Hidimba has left all that was her own for the one her heart chose. Her patience, too, is telling: she has "borne the suffering while waiting for the hour" -- love knows how to wait and endure. Thus the scripture shows that true love is renunciation and patience at once; and she who has given everything is worthy to be received.