महाभारत · 1.221.5–6
॥
देवनागरी
अशक्तिमत्त्वाच् च सुता न शक्ताः सरणे मम ॥
आदाय च न शक्तास्मि पुत्रान् सरितुम् अन्यतः ॥
न च त्यक्तुम् अहं शक्ता हृदयं दूयतीव मे ॥
कं नु जह्याम् अहं पुत्रं कम् आदाय व्रजाम्य् अहम् ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
aśaktimattvāc ca sutā na śaktāḥ saraṇe mama ||
ādāya ca na śaktāsmi putrān saritum anyataḥ ||
na ca tyaktum ahaṃ śaktā hṛdayaṃ dūyatīva me ||
kaṃ nu jahyām ahaṃ putraṃ kam ādāya vrajāmy aham ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
अशक्तिमत्त्वात् च सुताः न शक्ताः सरणे ममaśaktimattvāt ca sutāḥ na śaktāḥ saraṇe mamafrom weakness the sons are unable [to run] to my refuge;
आदाय च न शक्त अस्मि पुत्रान् सरितुम् अन्यतःādāya ca na śakta asmi putrān saritum anyataḥand, taking them, I am not able to flee to another place;
न च त्यक्तुम् अहं शक्ता हृदयं दूयति इव मेna ca tyaktum ahaṃ śaktā hṛdayaṃ dūyati iva meand to abandon them I am not able — my heart as if burns;
कं नु जह्याम् अहं पुत्रं कम् आदाय व्रजामि अहम्kaṃ nu jahyām ahaṃ putraṃ kam ādāya vrajāmi ahamwhich son should I leave, which one, taking, should I go?
अशक्तिमत्त्वाच्aśaktimattvācoriginal form "aśaktimattvāc", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुताsutāoriginal form "sutā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शक्तास्मिśaktāsmioriginal form "śaktāsmi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दूयतीवdūyatīvaoriginal form "dūyatīva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
व्रजाम्य्vrajāmyoriginal form "vrajāmy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
"From weakness my sons are unable to run to my refuge; and taking them, I am not able to flee to another place; and to abandon them I am not able — my heart as if burns; which son should I leave, and which, taking, should I go?"
संस्करण
d9846664f6c7 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 6:20:36 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the mother is tormented by an unresolvable choice. It is telling that Jarita can neither save them all nor choose one: a mother's heart does not divide its children. Thus is revealed the equality of a mother's love for all her children — and so the choice is unbearable for her. Thus the scripture reveals the anguish of having no way out; and in this extremity the children's own word will be heard.