Shloka 20
रत्या मत्या च गत्या च ययाहमभिसन्धिता । जीवितप्रियतां महां धिड़मां संक्लेशभागिनीम्,इसी प्रकार अतीन्द्रिय ज्ञानसे सम्पन्न एवं परमगतिको प्राप्त हुई कल्याणमयी इस धर्मज्ञा माद्रीको भी सर्वथा धन्य मानती हूँ। जिसने अपने अनुराग, उत्तम बुद्धि और सदव्यवहारद्वारा मुझे भुलाकर जीवित रहनेके लिये विवश कर दिया। मुझको और जीवनके प्रति मेरी इस आसक्तिको धिक््कार है! जिसके कारण मुझे यह महान् क्लेश भोगना पड़ता है
ratyā matyā ca gatyā ca yayāham abhisandhitā | jīvitapriyatāṁ mahāṁ dhiḍḍhāmāṁ saṅkleśabhāginīm ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “By her affection, her discernment, and her noble conduct, she so influenced me that I was constrained to go on living, forgetting my own resolve. Fie upon this great attachment to life in me—this share in suffering—because of which I must endure such heavy anguish.”
वैशमग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical tension between attachment to life and the acceptance of suffering: clinging to life can prolong anguish, and the speaker condemns their own life-attachment as a cause of continued distress.
In Vaiśaṃpāyana’s narration, a grieving speaker reflects that a woman’s affection, wisdom, and conduct compelled them to continue living; the speaker then reproaches their own strong attachment to life for making them endure ongoing pain.