Shloka 24
Adhyāya 125: Raṅga-pradarśana — Arjuna’s Entry and Astric Demonstration (रङ्गप्रदर्शनम्)
अन्विष्यामीह भर्तारिमहं प्रेतवशं गतम् | उत्तिष्ठ त्वं विसृज्यैनमिमान् पालय दारकान्
anviṣyāmīha bhartārim ahaṃ pretavaśaṃ gatam | uttiṣṭha tvaṃ visṛjyainam imān pālaya dārakān, avāpya putrān labdhātmā vīrapatnītvam arthaye |
クンティーは言った。「ここで私は、死の支配に赴いた夫を追い求めよう。そなたは立ち上がり、御身を離して、この子らを守り育てよ。すでに子を得て、私の世の願いは満ちた。今は夫に従い、葬送の火に入って、勇士の妻の位を望む。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a tension between personal devotion to a spouse and continuing obligations to dependents: Kuntī presents self-sacrifice as an ideal of wifely fidelity, while simultaneously assigning Mādrī the dharmic duty of protecting and raising the children.
After Pāṇḍu’s death, Kuntī addresses Mādrī, declaring her intention to follow her husband in death and instructing Mādrī to rise, let go of the dead body, and take responsibility for the children’s care.