Shloka 18
Dyumatsena’s Restoration and Sāvitrī’s Disclosure of Yama’s Boons (आरण्यकपर्व, अध्याय २८२)
अशिवेनातिवामोरूरजस््र॑ नेत्रवारिणा । स्तनावपतितौ बाला संहतावभिवर्षती
aśivenātivāmorū rajasra netravāriṇā | stanāv apatitau bālā saṃhatāv abhivarṣatī ||
マールカンデーヤは言った。「不吉にして血の色を帯びた涙がその眼から流れ、ひときわ白い腿をもつ若き娘は絶えず泣き続けた。泣くほどに、その乳房は悲嘆の重みに押されるかのように垂れ、互いに寄り合った。」
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how intense sorrow manifests outwardly and can be portrayed as an ominous sign; it invites ethical reflection on compassion toward the afflicted and attentiveness to the consequences of suffering in human life.
Mārkaṇḍeya describes a young girl overwhelmed by grief, shedding profuse, blood-tinged tears; her body language—drooping, pressed breasts—serves as a vivid poetic marker of distress and foreboding.