पाण्डुर् उवाच
सताम् अपि कुले जाताः कर्मणा बत दुर्गतिम् ॥
प्राप्नुवन्त्य् अकृतात्मानः कामजालविमोहिताः ॥
शश्वद् धर्मात्मना जातो बाल एव पिता मम ॥
जीवितान्तम् अनुप्राप्तः कामात्मैवेति नः श्रुतम् ॥
तस्य कामात्मनः क्षेत्रे राज्ञः संयतवाग् ऋषिः ॥
कृष्णद्वैपायनः साक्षाद् भगवान् माम् अजीजनत् ॥
तस्याद्य व्यसने बुद्धिः संजातेयं ममाधमा ॥
त्यक्तस्य देवैर् अनयान् मृगयायां दुरात्मनः ॥
मोक्षम् एव व्यवस्यामि बन्धो हि व्यसनं महत् ॥
सुवृत्तिम् अनुवर्तिष्ये ताम् अहं पितुर् अव्ययाम् ॥
अतीव तपसात्मानं योजयिष्याम्य् असंशयम् ॥
pāṇḍur uvāca
satām api kule jātāḥ karmaṇā bata durgatim ||
prāpnuvanty akṛtātmānaḥ kāmajālavimohitāḥ ||
śaśvad dharmātmanā jāto bāla eva pitā mama ||
jīvitāntam anuprāptaḥ kāmātmaiveti naḥ śrutam ||
tasya kāmātmanaḥ kṣetre rājñaḥ saṃyatavāg ṛṣiḥ ||
kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ sākṣād bhagavān mām ajījanat ||
tasyādya vyasane buddhiḥ saṃjāteyaṃ mamādhamā ||
tyaktasya devair anayān mṛgayāyāṃ durātmanaḥ ||
mokṣam eva vyavasyāmi bandho hi vyasanaṃ mahat ||
suvṛttim anuvartiṣye tām ahaṃ pitur avyayām ||
atīva tapasātmānaṃ yojayiṣyāmy asaṃśayam ||
Pandu said: "Even those born in the family of the righteous, untamed, ensnared in the nets of desire, come by their own deeds, alas, to an evil fate. Though born of the ever-righteous one, my father, while still young, came to the end of his life, being lustful -- so we have heard. Upon the wife of that lustful king, the truthful sage, the lord Krishna-Dvaipayana himself begot me. Now, in this time of calamity, this base disposition has arisen in me -- in me, abandoned by the gods, evil of soul, because of the disaster during the hunt. I resolve upon renunciation: for the bonds of the world are a great calamity. I shall follow the imperishable, virtuous path of my father, and wholly devote myself to austerity."
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Here Pandu moves from repentance to the decision to renounce. It is telling how he perceives things: even high birth does not save one from falling if the soul is untamed and ensnared in the "nets of desire" (kama-jala). He recalls his father's untimely death from lust -- and sees in his own sin the same weakness of the line. This is mature self-knowledge: rather than blaming fate, Pandu seeks the root of the trouble in the untamed senses and resolves to heal it through austerity. Telling too is the phrase "bondage is a great calamity" (bandhaḥ vyasanaṃ mahat): worldly attachment is recognized as the source of suffering, and liberation (moksha) as its cure. Also significant is that he chooses as his model not his royal father but his renunciant one -- Vyasa, the ascetic: at the hour of downfall the soul turns toward holiness. Thus scripture shows the birth of vairagya (dispassion) out of the crucible of repentance -- though the highest path lies not in renunciation alone but in surrender to the Lord.