Shloka 49
Jarā’s Account and the Enthronement of Jarāsandha (जरासंधोत्पत्तिः अभिषेकश्च)
राक्षस्युवाच बृहद्रथ सुतस्ते5यं मया दत्त: प्रगृह्मताम् । तव पत्नीद्वये जातो द्विजातिवरशासनात् । धात्रीजनपरित्यक्तो मयायं परिरक्षित:,राक्षसीने कहा--बृहद्रथ! यह तुम्हारा पुत्र है, जिसे मैंने तुम्हें दिया है। तुम इसे ग्रहण करो। ब्रह्मर्षिके वरदान एवं आशीर्वादसे तुम्हारी पत्नियोंके गर्भसे इसका जन्म हुआ है। धायोंने इसे घरके बाहर लाकर डाल दिया था; किंतु मैंने इसकी रक्षा की है
rākṣasy uvāca—bṛhadratha sutās te ’yaṃ mayā dattaḥ pragṛhyatām | tava patnīdvaye jāto dvijātivarasya śāsanāt | dhātrījanaparityakto mayāyaṃ parirakṣitaḥ ||
La rākṣasī dijo: «¡Oh Bṛhadratha! Este es tu hijo, a quien ahora te entrego: tómalo. Por el mandato y la bendición del más excelso entre los dos veces nacidos, nació de tus dos reinas. Las nodrizas lo abandonaron, arrojándolo fuera de la casa; pero yo lo he protegido».
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when social boundaries are sharp, ethical action is measured by protection and responsibility: the helpless child is safeguarded, and rightful guardianship is restored. The verse also highlights how legitimacy and duty in royal life are framed through brahminical sanction and the obligation to care for offspring.
A rākṣasī addresses King Bṛhadratha and presents a child as his son. She explains that the boy was born from the king’s two queens due to the authoritative blessing/ordinance of a great brahmin, but the nurses abandoned the infant outside the house. The rākṣasī claims she protected him and now returns him to the king.