धृतराष्ट्र उवाच
पाण्डोर् विदुर सर्वाणि प्रेतकार्याणि कारय ॥
राजवद् राजसिंहस्य माद्र्याश् चैव विशेषतः ॥
पशून् वासांसि रत्नानि धनानि विविधानि च ॥
पाण्डोः प्रयच्छ माद्र्याश् च येभ्यो यावच् च वाञ्छितम् ॥
यथा च कुन्ती सत्कारं कुर्यान् माद्र्यास् तथा कुरु ॥
यथा न वायुर् नादित्यः पश्येतां तां सुसंवृताम् ॥
न शोच्यः पाण्डुर् अनघः प्रशस्यः स नराधिपः ॥
यस्य पञ्च सुता वीरा जाताः सुरसुतोपमाः ॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
pāṇḍor vidura sarvāṇi pretakāryāṇi kāraya ||
rājavad rājasiṃhasya mādryāś caiva viśeṣataḥ ||
paśūn vāsāṃsi ratnāni dhanāni vividhāni ca ||
pāṇḍoḥ prayaccha mādryāś ca yebhyo yāvac ca vāñchitam ||
yathā ca kuntī satkāraṃ kuryān mādryās tathā kuru ||
yathā na vāyur nādityaḥ paśyetāṃ tāṃ susaṃvṛtām ||
na śocyaḥ pāṇḍur anaghaḥ praśasyaḥ sa narādhipaḥ ||
yasya pañca sutā vīrā jātāḥ surasutopamāḥ ||
Dhritarashtra said: "O Vidura, perform all the funeral rites for Pandu royally — for the lion among kings, and especially for Madri. Distribute cattle, garments, jewels, and various riches for the sake of Pandu and Madri, to whoever wishes as much as they wish. And as Kunti would have honored Madri, so do, that neither wind nor sun may look upon her, well shrouded. Sinless Pandu is not to be mourned — praised is that sovereign to whom were born five heroic sons, equal to the sons of the gods."
e57d40a75b3f · 发布于 2026年7月12日 16:41:49 UTC
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Here Dhritarashtra orders a worthy funeral for his brother. Telling is the concern for Madri's honor even in death: her body must be "well covered, so that neither wind nor sun may see it" — a wife's chastity is guarded even beyond the threshold of life. Telling too are the words about Pandu: "not to mourn but to praise" one who had five godlike sons. Here is an echo of the Gita's teaching (2.11): the wise grieve neither for the living nor for the dead, for the death of the righteous is not a defeat but a passage; and one who leaves behind worthy offspring and a good name is blessed all the more. Thus scripture, through the mouth of Dhritarashtra, shows the right view of death: to honor the departed generously and worthily, but not to give oneself over to inconsolable grief for one who has fulfilled his path.