न ह्य् एताम् आशिषं पाण्डुर् न चाहं न पितामहः ॥
प्रयुक्तवन्तः पूर्वं ते यया चरसि मेधया ॥
यज्ञो दानं तपः शौर्यं प्रजासंतानम् एव च ॥
माहात्म्यं बलम् ओजश् च नित्यम् आशंसितं मया ॥
नित्यं स्वाहा स्वधा नित्यं ददुर् मानुषदेवताः ॥
दीर्घम् आयुर् धनं पुत्रान् सम्यग् आराधिताः शुभाः ॥
पुत्रेष्व् आशासते नित्यं पितरो दैवतानि च ॥
दानम् अध्ययनं यज्ञं प्रजानां परिपालनम् ॥
एतद् धर्मम् अधर्मं वा जन्मनैवाभ्यजायथाः ॥
ते स्थ वैद्याः कुले जाता अवृत्त्या तात पीडिताः ॥
na hy etām āśiṣaṃ pāṇḍur na cāhaṃ na pitāmahaḥ ||
prayuktavantaḥ pūrvaṃ te yayā carasi medhayā ||
yajño dānaṃ tapaḥ śauryaṃ prajāsaṃtānam eva ca ||
māhātmyaṃ balam ojaś ca nityam āśaṃsitaṃ mayā ||
nityaṃ svāhā svadhā nityaṃ dadur mānuṣadevatāḥ ||
dīrgham āyur dhanaṃ putrān samyag ārādhitāḥ śubhāḥ ||
putreṣv āśāsate nityaṃ pitaro daivatāni ca ||
dānam adhyayanaṃ yajñaṃ prajānāṃ paripālanam ||
etad dharmam adharmaṃ vā janmanaivābhyajāyathāḥ ||
te stha vaidyāḥ kule jātā avṛttyā tāta pīḍitāḥ ||
"Neither Pandu, nor I, nor your grandfather ever wished upon you the blessing of acting with such a mind. I always wished for you sacrifice, generosity, austerity, heroism, the continuation of your line, greatness, strength, and vigor. The gods honored by men, when duly satisfied, grant long life, wealth, and sons; ancestors and deities always expect from sons generosity, study, sacrifice, and the protection of subjects. This dharma, or this adharma, you received already at birth. You were born into a learned lineage, yet now, my son, you suffer for want of the means of livelihood."
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Kunti's maternal blessing was never for inaction but for the fullness of a royal life: sacrifice, generosity, heroism, offspring, strength, and the protection of the people. She reminds Yudhishthira that lineage and birth carry an obligation, not merely a right.