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Shloka 19

तेन त्यक्तानसंत्याज्यानृषीनण्डगतान्‌ वने,अंडेमें स्थित उन मुनियोंको यद्यपि मन्दपालने त्याग दिया था, तो भी वे त्यागने योग्य नहीं थे। अतः पुत्र-शोकसे पीड़ित हुई जरिताने खाण्डववनमें अपने पुत्रोंको नहीं छोड़ा। वह स्नेहसे विह्नल होकर अपनी तवृत्तिद्वारा उन नवजात शिशुओंका भरण-पोषण करती रही

tena tyaktān asaṃtyājyān ṛṣīn aṇḍagatān vane | yadyapi mandapālena tyaktāḥ, tathāpi te tyājyā na āsan | ataḥ putraśokapīḍitā jaritāne khāṇḍavavane svaputrān na jahau | sā snehavihvalā svavṛttyā tān navajātān śiśūn bharayām āsa ||

Jene Weisen, obgleich Mandapāla sie im Wald verließ, als sie noch in den Eiern lagen, waren in Wahrheit nicht dazu bestimmt, preisgegeben zu werden. Darum ließ Jaritā, von Kummer um ihre Kinder gequält, ihre Söhne im Khāṇḍava-Wald nicht zurück. Von mütterlicher Liebe überwältigt, nährte und zog sie jene neugeborenen Küken aus eigener Kraft weiter groß.

तेनby that (act/means)
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
त्यक्तान्abandoned
त्यक्तान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootत्यज् (क्त)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
असन्त्याज्यान्not fit to be abandoned
असन्त्याज्यान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-सं-त्याज्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
ऋषीन्sages
ऋषीन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
अण्डगतान्gone into (i.e., remaining in) the egg
अण्डगतान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअण्ड-गत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
वनेin the forest
वने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśaṃpāyana
M
Mandapāla
J
Jaritā
ṛṣi-sons (newborn chicks)
K
Khāṇḍava-vana (Khāṇḍava forest)
A
aṇḍa (eggs)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores dharma as responsibility toward dependents: even if someone abandons the vulnerable, they are not thereby rendered ‘abandonable.’ Compassion and parental duty require protection and sustained care, especially for those unable to protect themselves.

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Mandapāla had left his offspring while they were still in eggs in the forest. Jaritā, distressed for her children, refuses to leave them in the Khāṇḍava forest and continues to nourish and raise the newborn chicks through her own efforts.