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न विषादः त्वया कार्यः भयात् अस्मात् कथं चनna viṣādaḥ tvayā kāryaḥ bhayāt asmāt kathaṃ canayou must not give way to despair from this fear, no matter what:
उपायः परिदृष्टः अत्र तस्मात् मोक्षाय रक्षसःupāyaḥ paridṛṣṭaḥ atra tasmāt mokṣāya rakṣasaḥa means of deliverance from that rakshasa has been found here;
एकः तव सुतः बालः कन्या च एका तपस्विनीekaḥ tava sutaḥ bālaḥ kanyā ca ekā tapasvinīyou have one young son and one devout daughter;
न ते तयोः तथा पत्न्याः गमनं तत्र रोचयेna te tayoḥ tathā patnyāḥ gamanaṃ tatra rocayeI do not approve of either of them, nor of your wife, going there;
मम पञ्च सुताः ब्रह्मन् तेषाम् एकः गमिष्यतिmama pañca sutāḥ brahman teṣām ekaḥ gamiṣyatiI have five sons, O brahmin; one of them will go,
त्वदर्थं बलिम् आदाय तस्य पापस्य रक्षसःtvadarthaṃ balim ādāya tasya pāpasya rakṣasaḥfor your sake, taking the tribute [= food], to that sinful rakshasa»
कुन्त्य्kuntyoriginal form «kunty», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विषादस्viṣādasoriginal form «viṣādas», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कार्योkāryooriginal form «kāryo», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भयाद्bhayādoriginal form «bhayād», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
परिदृष्टोparidṛṣṭooriginal form «paridṛṣṭo», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽत्र'traoriginal form «'tra», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तस्मान्tasmānoriginal form «tasmān», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एकस्ekasoriginal form «ekas», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुतोsutooriginal form «suto», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैकाcaikāoriginal form «caikā», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तयोस्tayosoriginal form «tayos», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पत्न्याpatnyāoriginal form «patnyā», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुताsutāoriginal form «sutā», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ब्रह्मंस्brahmaṃsoriginal form «brahmaṃs», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एकोekooriginal form «eko», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here Kunti's gratitude rises to the point of readiness to give her own son for a stranger. It is telling how far her care extends: she shields everyone in the household — the child, the maiden, the wife — and offers her own son in their place, risking what is dearest to her. Here is the summit of gratitude: she repays hospitality not with words but with readiness for sacrifice. Telling, too, is her calm: «a means has been found» — she speaks without hesitation, for she knows Bhima's might. Thus the scripture reveals a love that does not count the stranger a stranger: in saving the brahmin's family, Kunti is ready to lay down her own; and in this is a generosity that surpasses every duty.