वैशंपायन उवाच
एवम् उक्ता महाराज कुन्ती पाण्डुम् अभाषत ॥
कुरूणाम् ऋषभं वीरं तदा भूमिपतिं पतिम् ॥
न माम् अर्हसि धर्मज्ञ वक्तुम् एवं कथं चन ॥
धर्मपत्नीम् अभिरतां त्वयि राजीवलोचन ॥
त्वम् एव तु महाबाहो मय्य् अपत्यानि भारत ॥
वीर वीर्योपपन्नानि धर्मतो जनयिष्यसि ॥
स्वर्गं मनुजशार्दूल गच्छेयं सहिता त्वया ॥
अपत्याय च मां गच्छ त्वम् एव कुरुनन्दन ॥
न ह्य् अहं मनसाप्य् अन्यं गच्छेयं त्वद् ऋते नरम् ॥
त्वत्तः प्रतिविशिष्टश् च को ऽन्यो ऽस्ति भुवि मानवः ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
evam uktā mahārāja kuntī pāṇḍum abhāṣata ||
kurūṇām ṛṣabhaṃ vīraṃ tadā bhūmipatiṃ patim ||
na mām arhasi dharmajña vaktum evaṃ kathaṃ cana ||
dharmapatnīm abhiratāṃ tvayi rājīvalocana ||
tvam eva tu mahābāho mayy apatyāni bhārata ||
vīra vīryopapannāni dharmato janayiṣyasi ||
svargaṃ manujaśārdūla gaccheyaṃ sahitā tvayā ||
apatyāya ca māṃ gaccha tvam eva kurunandana ||
na hy ahaṃ manasāpy anyaṃ gaccheyaṃ tvad ṛte naram ||
tvattaḥ prativiśiṣṭaś ca ko 'nyo 'sti bhuvi mānavaḥ ||
Vaishampayana said: 'So entreated, o great king, Kunti said to Pandu, the bull among the Kurus, lord of the earth, her own husband: "It is not fitting for you, o knower of dharma, to speak thus to me, your lawful wife, devoted to you, o lotus-eyed one. You yourself, o mighty-armed one, shall beget offspring upon me in accordance with dharma, endowed with valor, o hero. To heaven, o tiger among men, may I ascend together with you; and for the sake of offspring come to me yourself, o joy of the Kurus. For I would not go, even in thought, to another man but you; and what other man on earth is superior to you?"'
859e4ed66493 · 发布于 2026年7月12日 16:41:49 UTC
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Here Kunti shows perfect marital fidelity. It is telling that to her husband's permission to resort to niyoga she responds not with joy but with resistance: a faithful wife wants no other husband, even for the sake of offspring and even with permission granted. Here is shown the height of chastity (pātivratya): 'I would not go to another even in thought' — purity not only of body but of intention. It is telling that she proposes another solution instead: let Pandu himself beget the offspring — hinting (as will unfold later) at the power of his own austerity; and note that of her own secret — the boon of Durvasas — she still says nothing, guarding this purity as well. Thus scripture shows in Kunti a model wife, for whom fidelity is dearer even than the duty of offspring, and who seeks a way to fulfill her husband's will without compromising her purity.