महाभारत · 1.224.24–25
॥
देवनागरी
जरितोवाच
किं ते ज्येष्ठे सुते कार्यं किम् अनन्तरजेन वा ॥
किं च ते मध्यमे कार्यं किं कनिष्ठे तपस्विनि ॥
यस् त्वं मां सर्वशो हीनाम् उत्सृज्यासि गतः पुरा ॥
ताम् एव लपितां गच्छ तरुणीं चारुहासिनीम् ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
jaritovāca
kiṃ te jyeṣṭhe sute kāryaṃ kim anantarajena vā ||
kiṃ ca te madhyame kāryaṃ kiṃ kaniṣṭhe tapasvini ||
yas tvaṃ māṃ sarvaśo hīnām utsṛjyāsi gataḥ purā ||
tām eva lapitāṃ gaccha taruṇīṃ cāruhāsinīm ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
किं ते ज्येष्ठे सुते कार्यं किम् अनन्तर-जेन वाkiṃ te jyeṣṭhe sute kāryaṃ kim anantara-jena vā“What concern is the eldest son to you, or the one born next,
किं च ते मध्यमे कार्यं किं कनिष्ठे तपस्विनिkiṃ ca te madhyame kāryaṃ kiṃ kaniṣṭhe tapasviniand what concern is the middle one, or the youngest, to you, O ascetic?
यः त्वं मां सर्वशः हीनाम् उत्सृज्य असि गतः पुराyaḥ tvaṃ māṃ sarvaśaḥ hīnām utsṛjya asi gataḥ purāyou, who left me, destitute of everything, and went away before —
ताम् एव लपितां गच्छ तरुणीं चारु-हासिनीम्tām eva lapitāṃ gaccha taruṇīṃ cāru-hāsinīmgo to that very Lapita, young and sweetly smiling.”
जरितोवाचjaritovācaoriginal form "jaritovāca", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनन्तरजेनanantarajenaoriginal form "anantarajena", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यस्yasoriginal form "yas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सर्वशोsarvaśooriginal form "sarvaśo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उत्सृज्यासिutsṛjyāsioriginal form "utsṛjyāsi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चारुहासिनीम्cāruhāsinīmoriginal form "cāruhāsinīm", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
Jarita said: “What concern is the eldest son to you, or the one born next, and what concern is the middle one, or the youngest, to you, O ascetic? You, who left me destitute of everything and went away before — go to that very Lapita, young and sweetly smiling.”
संस्करण
8e62d3ee194c · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 6:20:36 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the abandoned wife pours out the bitterness of being left behind. It is telling that Jarita sends her husband back to the young rival: one forsaken in need remembers the wrong even in a moment of joy. Here is a rightful bitterness, yet also a call to reconciliation hidden within the reproach. So the scripture reveals Jarita's rebuke; and Mandapala will answer with a word about the nature of women.