Shloka 15
धृतराष्ट्रदर्शनाय पाण्डवानां प्रयाणम् | The Pāṇḍavas Prepare to Visit Dhṛtarāṣṭra
ततो5हमन्तर्भवने पितृर्वृत्तान्तरक्षिणी | गूढोत्पन्नं सुतं बाल॑ जले कर्णमवासृजम्
tato 'ham antarbhavane pitṝn vṛttāntarakṣiṇī | gūḍhotpannaṃ sutaṃ bālaṃ jale karṇam avāsṛjam |
তাৰ পাছত এই ঘটনা বয়োজ্যেষ্ঠসকলৰ পৰা গোপন ৰাখিবলৈ মই অন্তঃপুৰতে থাকিলোঁ। আৰু গোপনে যেতিয়া শিশুটি জন্মিল, তেতিয়া মই তাক পানীত ভাসাই দিলোঁ। সেই শিশুটিয়েই আছিল মোৰ পুত্ৰ কৰ্ণ।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a moral conflict: preserving family honor and avoiding social condemnation leads to concealment, yet that concealment entails grave ethical cost—abandoning a newborn. It points to how fear and secrecy can set in motion long-term suffering and tragic outcomes.
The speaker recounts that the woman stayed in the inner quarters to hide the incident from her elders; when a child was born in secret, she released the infant into the water. The child is identified as Karṇa.