कथं न्व् अशक्ता त्राणाय माता तेषां तपस्विनी ॥
भविष्यत्य् असुखाविष्टा पुत्रत्राणम् अपश्यती ॥
कथं नु सरणे ऽशक्तान् पतने च ममात्मजान् ॥
संतप्यमाना अभितो वाशमानाभिधावती ॥
जरितारिः कथं पुत्रः सारिसृक्वः कथं च मे ॥
स्तम्बमित्रः कथं द्रोणः कथं सा च तपस्विनी ॥
kathaṃ nv aśaktā trāṇāya mātā teṣāṃ tapasvinī ||
bhaviṣyaty asukhāviṣṭā putratrāṇam apaśyatī ||
kathaṃ nu saraṇe 'śaktān patane ca mamātmajān ||
saṃtapyamānā abhito vāśamānābhidhāvatī ||
jaritāriḥ kathaṃ putraḥ sārisṛkvaḥ kathaṃ ca me ||
stambamitraḥ kathaṃ droṇaḥ kathaṃ sā ca tapasvinī ||
“How will their mother, the ascetic woman, powerless to save them, endure her grief, seeing no rescue for her sons? How will she bear my sons, powerless either to flee or to escape a fall, tormented, rushing about, crying, running? How is my son Jaritari, how is my Sarisrikva, how is Stambamitra, how is Drona, and how is that ascetic woman?”
ed9e4cbd7d0e · publicado 12 jul 2026, 18:20:36 UTC
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Here a father's grief embraces both the mother and each of his sons by name. It is telling that he cares not only for the children but also for Jarita's suffering: one who loves feels for everyone dear to him. Thus the breadth of a caring heart is revealed. So the scripture shows the fullness of a father's concern; and in reply Lapita's rebuke will sound.