त्वयि त्व् अरोगे निर्मुक्ते माता भ्राता च मे शिशुः ॥
संतानश् चैव पिण्डश् च प्रतिष्ठास्यत्य् असंशयम् ॥
आत्मा पुत्रः सखा भार्या कृच्छ्रं तु दुहिता किल ॥
स कृच्छ्रान् मोचयात्मानं मां च धर्मेण योजय ॥
tvayi tv aroge nirmukte mātā bhrātā ca me śiśuḥ ||
saṃtānaś caiva piṇḍaś ca pratiṣṭhāsyaty asaṃśayam ||
ātmā putraḥ sakhā bhāryā kṛcchraṃ tu duhitā kila ||
sa kṛcchrān mocayātmānaṃ māṃ ca dharmeṇa yojaya ||
"But if you, being healthy, are freed [from danger], then mother, and my brother — an infant, and the continuation of the lineage, and the pinda will be secured, without doubt. 'One's own self is one's son, friend, wife; but a daughter is only a burden,' so it is said; so free yourself from this burden, and join me to dharma."
65d7ee131d47 · publicado 12 jul 2026, 17:09:57 UTC
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Here the daughter turns a hurtful saying to her own glory. It is notable that she recasts the proverb people repeat, in which a daughter is merely a 'burden' (kṛcchra): let the father be freed of this 'burden' not by disregarding her, but by letting her fulfill a lofty dharma. Here a devoted heart turns humiliation into service: what common opinion honors as a burden, the maiden makes into an instrument of the family's salvation. Thus the verse shows a nobility that surpasses prejudice: the daughter does not contest the saying in resentment, but rises above it through deed — and the 'burden' of the family becomes its savior.