महाभारत · 1.221.7
॥
देवनागरी
किं नु मे स्यात् कृतं कृत्वा मन्यध्वं पुत्रकाः कथम् ॥
चिन्तयाना विमोक्षं वो नाधिगच्छामि किं चन ॥
छादयित्वा च वो गात्रैः करिष्ये मरणं सह ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
kiṃ nu me syāt kṛtaṃ kṛtvā manyadhvaṃ putrakāḥ katham ||
cintayānā vimokṣaṃ vo nādhigacchāmi kiṃ cana ||
chādayitvā ca vo gātraiḥ kariṣye maraṇaṃ saha ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
किं नु मे स्यात् कृतं कृत्वा मन्यध्वं पुत्रकाः कथम्kiṃ nu me syāt kṛtaṃ kṛtvā manyadhvaṃ putrakāḥ kathamwhat would be [right] for me to do — what do you think, O children?
चिन्तयाना विमोक्षं वः न अधिगच्छामि किं चनcintayānā vimokṣaṃ vaḥ na adhigacchāmi kiṃ canapondering your deliverance, I find nothing;
छादयित्वा च वः गात्रैः करिष्ये मरणं सहchādayitvā ca vaḥ gātraiḥ kariṣye maraṇaṃ sahacovering you with [my own] body, I shall meet death together [with you];
वोvooriginal form "vo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नाधिगच्छामिnādhigacchāmioriginal form "nādhigacchāmi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वोvooriginal form "vo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
"What would be right for me to do — what do you think, O children? Pondering your deliverance, I find nothing; covering you with my own body, I shall meet death together with you."
संस्करण
56130abef88d · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 6:20:36 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the mother is ready to die, shielding her children with herself. Jarita's resolve is telling — "covering you with my body, I shall die together with you": the highest measure of maternal love is to shield the child with oneself. Here is self-sacrifice, sparing nothing of oneself for the sake of those one loves. Thus the scripture reveals the mother's readiness for sacrifice; but the children will not accept her death.