Shloka 7
Babhruvāhana’s Lament and Appeal for Expiation (प्रायश्चित्त-याचना)
नाहं शोचामि तनयं हतं पन्नगनन्दिनि । पतिमेव तु शोचामि यस्यातिथ्यमिदं कृतम्
vaiśampāyana uvāca | nāhaṃ śocāmi tanayaṃ hataṃ pannaganandini | patim eva tu śocāmi yasyātithyam idaṃ kṛtam ||
ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယနက ပြောသည်– «အို နဂါးမယ်တော်၊ ငါ့သားသည် သတ်ခံ၍ လဲကျနေသော်လည်း ငါမဝမ်းနည်း။ ငါဝမ်းနည်းသည်မှာ ငါ့ခင်ပွန်းအတွက်သာ—ဧည့်သည်ကို ဧည့်ဝတ်ပြု၍ ကြိုဆိုကာ (အတိသတ္ကာရ) ပြုခဲ့ပြီးနောက် ဤအမှု ဖြစ်ပွားသွားသောကြောင့်ပင်»။
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral gravity of atithi-dharma (hospitality): the speaker’s deeper anguish is that harm occurred in the setting of hospitality, bringing ethical blemish and social dishonor upon the husband/household, beyond the personal tragedy of a child’s death.
A woman addresses a serpent-maiden, stating that she is not primarily mourning her slain son; rather, she mourns her husband because the calamity has taken place in connection with hospitality extended to a guest—implying a grievous breach of the expected sanctity of guest-reception.