बलाबलं च मन्त्राणां ब्राह्मणस्य च वाग्बलम् ॥
स्त्रीभावाद् बालभावाच् च चिन्तयन्ती पुनः पुनः ॥
धात्र्या विश्रब्धया गुप्ता सखीजनवृता तदा ॥
दोषं परिहरन्ती च पितुश् चारित्ररक्षिणी ॥
कथं नु सुकृतं मे स्यान् नापराधवती कथम् ॥
भवेयम् इति संचिन्त्य ब्राह्मणं तं नमस्य च ॥
कौतूहलात् तु तं लब्ध्वा बालिश्याद् आचरं तदा ॥
कन्या सती देवम् अर्कम् आसादयम् अहं ततः ॥
यो ऽसौ कानीनगर्भो मे पुत्रवत् परिवर्तितः ॥
कस्मान् न कुर्याद् वचनं पथ्यं भ्रातृहितं तथा ॥
balābalaṃ ca mantrāṇāṃ brāhmaṇasya ca vāgbalam ||
strībhāvād bālabhāvāc ca cintayantī punaḥ punaḥ ||
dhātryā viśrabdhayā guptā sakhījanavṛtā tadā ||
doṣaṃ pariharantī ca pituś cāritrarakṣiṇī ||
kathaṃ nu sukṛtaṃ me syān nāparādhavatī katham ||
bhaveyam iti saṃcintya brāhmaṇaṃ taṃ namasya ca ||
kautūhalāt tu taṃ labdhvā bāliśyād ācaraṃ tadā ||
kanyā satī devam arkam āsādayam ahaṃ tataḥ ||
yo 'sau kānīnagarbho me putravat parivartitaḥ ||
kasmān na kuryād vacanaṃ pathyaṃ bhrātṛhitaṃ tathā ||
"Again and again, out of a woman's nature and childish immaturity, I pondered the power and the weakness of mantras, and the power of a brahmin's word. Then, guarded by a trusted nurse and surrounded by friends, avoiding fault and guarding my father's honor, I thought: how could I do a good deed and yet not be found guilty? Having pondered this and bowed to that brahmin, out of curiosity and childish naivety, having received the mantra, I made use of it: while still a maiden, I summoned the god of the Sun. Why, then, should that son of mine, the fruit of a maiden's conceiving, raised as if he were my son, not carry out a useful word for the good of his brothers?"
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The chapter turns the political drama into a personal one: Vidura sees the inevitability of war, while Kunti understands that the only path to peace left runs through Karna's heart. Here dharma reveals itself as a painful collision of kinship, the secret of birth, gratitude, and responsibility before the whole family line.