Shloka 20
न जहीौ पुत्रशोकार्ता जरिता खाण्डवे सुतान् । बभार चैतान् संजातान् स्ववृत्त्या स््नेहविप्लवा
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: na jahau putraśokārtā Jaritā Khāṇḍave sutān | babhāra caitān saṃjātān svavṛttyā snehaviplavā ||
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະກ່າວວ່າ: ຈະຣິຕາ ຜູ້ຖືກຄວາມໂສກເພາະລູກຄອບງໍາ ບໍ່ໄດ້ປະຖິ້ມລູກຊາຍຂອງນາງໃນປ່າຂານດະວະ. ນາງຖືກຄວາມຮັກຂອງແມ່ເຮັດໃຫ້ຫວັ່ນໄຫວ ແລະໄດ້ຫຼ້ຽງດູອຸ້ມຊູຜູ້ເພິ່ງເກີດເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນດ້ວຍກໍາລັງຂອງນາງເອງ ບໍ່ຍອມໃຫ້ເຂົາຖືກນັບເປັນຜູ້ຖືກປະຖິ້ມ.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights an ethical impulse aligned with dharma: the vulnerable—especially newborn children—are not to be discarded. Even amid grief and hardship, Jaritā’s steadfast care models responsibility and compassion, showing how parental duty can override abandonment.
In the Khāṇḍava forest episode, Jaritā, distressed for her offspring, refuses to leave her newborn sons behind. Overcome by affection, she continues to sustain and raise them through her own efforts.