कुन्त्य् उवाच
ममाप्य् एषा मतिर् ब्रह्मन् विप्रा रक्ष्या इति स्थिरा ॥
न चाप्य् अनिष्टः पुत्रो मे यदि पुत्रशतं भवेत् ॥
न चासौ राक्षसः शक्तो मम पुत्रविनाशने ॥
वीर्यवान् मन्त्रसिद्धश् च तेजस्वी च सुतो मम ॥
राक्षसाय च तत् सर्वं प्रापयिष्यति भोजनम् ॥
मोक्षयिष्यति चात्मानम् इति मे निश्चिता मतिः ॥
kunty uvāca
mamāpy eṣā matir brahman viprā rakṣyā iti sthirā ||
na cāpy aniṣṭaḥ putro me yadi putraśataṃ bhavet ||
na cāsau rākṣasaḥ śakto mama putravināśane ||
vīryavān mantrasiddhaś ca tejasvī ca suto mama ||
rākṣasāya ca tat sarvaṃ prāpayiṣyati bhojanam ||
mokṣayiṣyati cātmānam iti me niścitā matiḥ ||
Kunti said: «I too hold firmly this conviction, O brahmin: brahmins must be protected; and my son would not be unwelcome as a loss, even had I a hundred sons. But that rakshasa is not able to destroy my son: my son is valiant, accomplished in mantras, and blazing with power. He will deliver to the rakshasa all that food and save himself — such is my firm conviction.»
c5cf7e814e44 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:09:57 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here Kunti answers the brahmin's scruple with a confidence born of knowledge. It is telling that she does not dispute his truth: she too honors brahmins, and every son is dear to her; but she knows what he does not — that Bhima is unconquerable. Here is the difference between despair and faith: where the brahmin sees certain death, Kunti sees certain deliverance, for she knows her son's strength. Telling is the word ‘mantra-siddha’: Bhima's might is consecrated and invulnerable. Thus the scripture reveals that trust grounded in knowledge of true strength dispels fear; and Kunti's calm is the fruit not of rashness but of knowing what is hidden from others.