महाभारत · 1.116.22
॥
देवनागरी
माद्र्य् उवाच
विलोभ्यमानेन मया वार्यमाणेन चासकृत् ॥
आत्मा न वारितो ऽनेन सत्यं दिष्टं चिकीर्षुणा ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
mādry uvāca
vilobhyamānena mayā vāryamāṇena cāsakṛt ||
ātmā na vārito 'nena satyaṃ diṣṭaṃ cikīrṣuṇā ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
विलोभ्यमानेन मया वार्यमाणेन च असकृत्vilobhyamānena mayā vāryamāṇena ca asakṛt"[the king,] drawn [by passion] and held back by me time and again,
आत्मा न वारितः अनेन सत्यं दिष्टं चिकीर्षुणाātmā na vāritaḥ anena satyaṃ diṣṭaṃ cikīrṣuṇādid not restrain himself, truly wishing to fulfil what was destined (fate)"
माद्र्य्mādryoriginal form "mādry", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चासकृत्cāsakṛtoriginal form "cāsakṛt", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वारितोvāritooriginal form "vārito", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽनेन'nenaoriginal form "'nena", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
Madri said: "The king, drawn by passion and held back by me time and again, did not restrain himself, truly wishing, as it were, to fulfil what was destined."
संस्करण
c6d806469be0 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 4:41:49 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here Madri answers Kunti's reproach, clearing herself of blame. Her testimony is telling: she held her husband back "time and again", but he could not master himself. Here is both Madri's vindication and a confirmation of what came before: it was not she who brought ruin, but the irresistible passion through which fate acted ("wishing to fulfil what was destined"). Madri's humility is telling: she does not defend herself at length, but briefly and truthfully points to the truth -- she resisted, but her husband's passion and destiny prevailed. Thus the scripture lifts from Madri the shadow of the temptress: she is innocent in intent, and the tragedy came to pass through the power of kama and fate, not through her fault. And yet, as what follows will show, the noble Madri will take the blame upon herself -- not out of justice, but out of love.