इतो दुःखतरं किं नु यद् अहं हीनबान्धवा ॥
परपिण्डम् उदीक्षामि त्वां सूत्वामित्रनन्दन ॥
युध्यस्व राजधर्मेण मा निमज्जीः पितामहान् ॥
मा गमः क्षीणपुण्यस् त्वं सानुजः पापिकां गतिम् ॥
ito duḥkhataraṃ kiṃ nu yad ahaṃ hīnabāndhavā ||
parapiṇḍam udīkṣāmi tvāṃ sūtvāmitranandana ||
yudhyasva rājadharmeṇa mā nimajjīḥ pitāmahān ||
mā gamaḥ kṣīṇapuṇyas tvaṃ sānujaḥ pāpikāṃ gatim ||
"What could be more sorrowful for me than this — that I, deprived of kin, wait for a morsel from another's hand, though I bore you, O joy of your friends? Fight in keeping with the dharma of kings; do not drown your ancestors. Do not go, your merit exhausted, together with your younger brothers, to a sinful fate."
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Kunti's final words join personal pain to dharma. Her suffering is not mere everyday humiliation: the mother of kings is forced to wait for another's food while her sons have yet to restore just order.