सा तान् दृष्ट्वा व्रीडमानेव बाला; सूर्यं देवी वचनं प्राह भीता ॥
गच्छ त्वं वै गोपते स्वं विमानं; कन्याभावाद् दुःख एषोपचारः ॥
पिता माता गुरवश् चैव ये ऽन्ये; देहस्यास्य प्रभवन्ति प्रदाने ॥
नाहं धर्मं लोपयिष्यामि लोके; स्त्रीणां वृत्तं पूज्यते देहरक्षा ॥
मया मन्त्रबलं ज्ञातुम् आहूतस् त्वं विभावसो ॥
बाल्याद् बालेति कृत्वा तत् क्षन्तुम् अर्हसि मे विभो ॥
सूर्य उवाच
बालेति कृत्वानुनयं तवाहं; ददानि नान्यानुनयं लभेत ॥
आत्मप्रदानं कुरु कुन्तिकन्ये; शान्तिस् तवैवं हि भवेच् च भीरु ॥
न चापि युक्तं गन्तुं हि मया मिथ्याकृतेन वै ॥
गमिष्याम्य् अनवद्याङ्गि लोके समवहास्यताम् ॥
सर्वेषां विबुधानां च वक्तव्यः स्याम् अहं शुभे ॥
सा त्वं मया समागच्छ पुत्रं लप्स्यसि मादृशम् ॥
विशिष्टा सर्वलोकेषु भविष्यसि च भामिनि ॥
sā tān dṛṣṭvā vrīḍamāneva bālā; sūryaṃ devī vacanaṃ prāha bhītā ||
gaccha tvaṃ vai gopate svaṃ vimānaṃ; kanyābhāvād duḥkha eṣopacāraḥ ||
pitā mātā guravaś caiva ye 'nye; dehasyāsya prabhavanti pradāne ||
nāhaṃ dharmaṃ lopayiṣyāmi loke; strīṇāṃ vṛttaṃ pūjyate deharakṣā ||
mayā mantrabalaṃ jñātum āhūtas tvaṃ vibhāvaso ||
bālyād bāleti kṛtvā tat kṣantum arhasi me vibho ||
sūrya uvāca
bāleti kṛtvānunayaṃ tavāhaṃ; dadāni nānyānunayaṃ labheta ||
ātmapradānaṃ kuru kuntikanye; śāntis tavaivaṃ hi bhavec ca bhīru ||
na cāpi yuktaṃ gantuṃ hi mayā mithyākṛtena vai ||
gamiṣyāmy anavadyāṅgi loke samavahāsyatām ||
sarveṣāṃ vibudhānāṃ ca vaktavyaḥ syām ahaṃ śubhe ||
sā tvaṃ mayā samāgaccha putraṃ lapsyasi mādṛśam ||
viśiṣṭā sarvalokeṣu bhaviṣyasi ca bhāmini ||
Having seen the gods, the embarrassed and frightened young Kunti said to Surya: 'Go to your chariot, lord of cattle. For a maiden, such treatment is agonizing. Father, mother, and elders have authority over the giving of this body; I shall not violate dharma in the world, for the protection of the body is honored among women's conduct. I summoned you, Vibhavasu, only to learn the power of the mantra. Forgive me, lord, for my childishness.' Surya replied: 'Considering you young, I grant you this indulgence; no one else would receive such indulgence. Give yourself, daughter of Kunti, and thus your peace will come. It is not fitting for me to depart deceived: I would become a laughingstock in the world and a subject of talk among all the gods. Unite with me, and you will obtain a son like myself; you will become distinguished in all the worlds.'
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Kunti tries to hold on to the dharma of maidenly purity, but is already bound by the power of the invocation. The birth of Karna begins from a knot of fear, divine power, and inexperience.