Shloka 23
ताराविलापः
Tara’s Lament over Vāli
किमङ्गदं साङ्गदवीरबाहो विहाय यास्यद्य चिरप्रवासम्।न युक्तमेवं गुणसन्निकृष्टंविहाय पुत्रं प्रियपुत्र गन्तुम्4.20.23।।
kim aṅgadaṃ sāṅgadavīrabāho vihāya yāsy adya cirapravāsam |
na yuktam evaṃ guṇasannikṛṣṭaṃ vihāya putraṃ priyaputra gantum ||
O Held mit Armreifen, du Mächtigarmiger — warum lässt du heute Aṅgada zurück und gehst auf lange Wanderschaft? Es ziemt sich nicht, so fortzugehen und den geliebten Sohn zu verlassen, der dir an Tugenden so nahe steht.
'O hero, adorned with armlets, why have you departed on a long journey, deserting your dear son Angada who possesses similar virtues like you? It is not proper.
FAQs
Parental dharma: a father’s duty to protect and guide his child; death is portrayed as a ‘departure’ that painfully interrupts this obligation.
The other wives lament, questioning how Vāli can ‘leave’ on the long journey of death while Aṅgada remains.
Aṅgada’s inherited excellence is stressed—he is ‘near’ Vāli in qualities, making the loss feel even more unjust.