अथवा यास्यसे तत्र त्यक्त्वा मां द्विजसत्तम ॥
पीडिताहं भविष्यामि तद् अवेक्षस्व माम् अपि ॥
तद् अस्मदर्थं धर्मार्थं प्रसवार्थं च सत्तम ॥
आत्मानं परिरक्षस्व त्यक्तव्यां मां च संत्यज ॥
अवश्यकरणीये ऽर्थे मा त्वां कालो ऽत्यगाद् अयम् ॥
त्वया दत्तेन तोयेन भविष्यति हितं च मे ॥
athavā yāsyase tatra tyaktvā māṃ dvijasattama ||
pīḍitāhaṃ bhaviṣyāmi tad avekṣasva mām api ||
tad asmadarthaṃ dharmārthaṃ prasavārthaṃ ca sattama ||
ātmānaṃ parirakṣasva tyaktavyāṃ māṃ ca saṃtyaja ||
avaśyakaraṇīye 'rthe mā tvāṃ kālo 'tyagād ayam ||
tvayā dattena toyena bhaviṣyati hitaṃ ca me ||
"Or if you go there, having abandoned me, O best of the twice-born, I shall be tormented; so think of me as well. Therefore, for our sake, for the sake of dharma, and for the sake of offspring, O most worthy one, preserve yourself, and give me up, who am destined to be given up. In a task that must inevitably be performed, let not this time pass you by; and from the funeral water offered by you, good will come to me too."
f6590be22810 · publicado 12 jul 2026, 17:09:57 UTC
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Here the daughter urges her father not to miss the decisive hour. Her words about the time are striking: 'let not this time pass you by' — in unavoidable matters delay is ruinous, and resolve must come at the right moment. Also notable is her hope for the funeral water: even in giving up her life, she asks only one thing — that her father, remaining, perform the rite for her; she entrusts the good of the departed to the hands of the living. Here is the bond between generations in dharma: the living serve the departed through offering, and this thread must not be broken. Thus the verse shows a maiden caring even for her own afterlife not for her own sake, but for the sake of preserving the sacred order of the family.