Shloka 63
Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
धारणे नास्य शक्ताहं गर्भस्य तपतां वर । उत्स्रक्ष्येडहमिमं दुःखान्न तु कामात् कथंचन
dhāraṇe nāsya śaktāhaṃ garbhasya tapatāṃ vara | utsrakṣyed aham imaṃ duḥkhān na tu kāmāt kathaṃcana ||
তপস্বীদের মধ্যে শ্রেষ্ঠ পাৱক! এখন আমার আর এই গর্ভ ধারণ করার শক্তি নেই। অসহ্য দুঃখে বাধ্য হয়েই আমি একে ত্যাগ করছি; কোনোভাবেই স্বেচ্ছায় নয়।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights ethical intention: an act that appears like ‘abandoning’ is distinguished by motive—done under compulsion of suffering and incapacity, not from desire. It underscores self-restraint and moral accountability through the purity of intention.
A speaker (introduced here as Bhishma in the provided metadata) conveys that continuing to bear a pregnancy is no longer possible. The speaker declares the impending abandonment of the foetus is driven solely by unbearable pain, explicitly denying any voluntary or desire-based motive.