Shloka 16
Jayadratha-rakṣā: Conch Signals and Encirclement of Arjuna
Chapter 79
एह्ोहि तृषितो वत्स स्तनौ पूर्णो पिबाशु मे । अड्कमारुह्ा मन्दाया हातृप्तायाश्न दर्शने,“बेटा! आओ, आओ । तुम्हें प्यास लगी होगी। तुम्हें देखनेके लिये प्यासी हुई मुझ अभागिनी माताकी गोदमें बैठकर मेरे दूधसे भरे हुए इन स्तनोंको शीघ्र पी लो
eho hi tṛṣito vatsa stanau pūrṇau pibāśu me | aṅkam āruhya mandāyāḥ tṛptāyāś ca darśane ||
Sañjaya said: “Come, my child—come! You must be thirsty. Climb into the lap of your unfortunate mother, who has been longing just to see you, and quickly drink from these breasts, full of milk.” The line conveys a mother’s desperate tenderness amid the brutality of war, where familial bonds and compassion persist even as violence threatens to sever them.
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