किम् आगमनकृत्यं ते किं कुर्वः शासनं तव ॥
आज्ञाप्या हि वयं सर्वे तव पुत्रास् तपोधने ॥
तेषां तद् भाषितं श्रुत्वा माधवी परया मुदा ॥
पितरं समुपागच्छद् ययातिं सा ववन्द च ॥
दृष्ट्वा मूर्ध्ना नतान् पुत्रांस् तापसी वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ॥
दौहित्रास् तव राजेन्द्र मम पुत्रा न ते पराः ॥
इमे त्वां तारयिष्यन्ति दिष्टम् एतत् पुरातनम् ॥
अहं ते दुहिता राजन् माधवी मृगचारिणी ॥
मयाप्य् उपचितो धर्मस् ततो ऽर्धं प्रतिगृह्यताम् ॥
यस्माद् राजन् नराः सर्वे अपत्यफलभागिनः ॥
तस्माद् इच्छन्ति दौहित्रान् यथा त्वं वसुधाधिप ॥
kim āgamanakṛtyaṃ te kiṃ kurvaḥ śāsanaṃ tava ||
ājñāpyā hi vayaṃ sarve tava putrās tapodhane ||
teṣāṃ tad bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā mādhavī parayā mudā ||
pitaraṃ samupāgacchad yayātiṃ sā vavanda ca ||
dṛṣṭvā mūrdhnā natān putrāṃs tāpasī vākyam abravīt ||
dauhitrās tava rājendra mama putrā na te parāḥ ||
ime tvāṃ tārayiṣyanti diṣṭam etat purātanam ||
ahaṃ te duhitā rājan mādhavī mṛgacāriṇī ||
mayāpy upacito dharmas tato 'rdhaṃ pratigṛhyatām ||
yasmād rājan narāḥ sarve apatyaphalabhāginaḥ ||
tasmād icchanti dauhitrān yathā tvaṃ vasudhādhipa ||
"'What is the purpose of your coming? What are we to do? What is your command? All of us, O treasury of austerity, are your sons and must be directed by you.' Hearing these words of theirs, Madhavi, with great joy, approached her father Yayati and bowed to him. Seeing her sons bowed low with their heads, the ascetic woman spoke: 'These are your grandsons through a daughter, O king of kings; they are my sons and are not strangers to you. They will save you: this is the ancient decree. I am your daughter, O king, Madhavi, who wanders like a forest doe. I too have accumulated dharma; therefore accept half of it. Since all men, O king, share in the fruit of offspring, they desire grandsons through a daughter, just as you do, O lord of the earth.'"
c7f96577b32a · publicado 17 jul 2026, 5:35:25 UTC
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Madhavi reveals the true bond: her sons are Yayati's grandsons through a daughter, and the ancient order recognizes their power to save their grandfather. Her own asceticism, too, becomes part of that salvation. Thus the fate of a woman who has passed through a heavy duty is revealed as a source of protection for the family line.