स कुरुष्व मया कार्यं तारयात्मानम् आत्मना ॥
अनुजानीहि माम् आर्य सुतौ मे परिरक्ष च ॥
अवध्याः स्त्रिय इत्य् आहुर् धर्मज्ञा धर्मनिश्चये ॥
धर्मज्ञान् राक्षसान् आहुर् न हन्यात् स च माम् अपि ॥
निःसंशयो वधः पुंसां स्त्रीणां संशयितो वधः ॥
अतो माम् एव धर्मज्ञ प्रस्थापयितुम् अर्हसि ॥
sa kuruṣva mayā kāryaṃ tārayātmānam ātmanā ||
anujānīhi mām ārya sutau me parirakṣa ca ||
avadhyāḥ striya ity āhur dharmajñā dharmaniścaye ||
dharmajñān rākṣasān āhur na hanyāt sa ca mām api ||
niḥsaṃśayo vadhaḥ puṃsāṃ strīṇāṃ saṃśayito vadhaḥ ||
ato mām eva dharmajña prasthāpayitum arhasi ||
"So accomplish the deed through me; save yourself by yourself. Let me go, O noble one, and protect both our children. 'Women must not be slain,' say the knowers of dharma in determining what is right; and rakshasas are said to know dharma — so perhaps he will not kill me either. The slaying of men is certain, but that of women is doubtful; therefore, O knower of dharma, you must send me."
df4537c1df27 · 发布于 2026年7月12日 17:09:57 UTC
可用语言RUEN用方向键翻颂
Here the wife seeks even in the sacrifice itself a grain of hope. Her reasoning is telling: the prohibition against killing a woman is known even to rakshasas, who likewise know dharma — so for her the outcome is not as hopeless as it would be for a man. Even one going to death does not abandon hope: prudence seeks the least evil and the greatest chance. Telling, too, is her chief motive — to save her husband: "save yourself by yourself [= by staying alive]." Thus the text shows devotion joined with sober calculation: the wife goes not to certain death out of despair, but to a deed that holds both sacrifice and a glimmer of deliverance — all of it so that he may live.