Shloka 9
आदि पर्व (अध्याय १२७) — रङ्गे कर्णस्य अवमानः, दुर्योधनस्य प्रतिपक्ष-निवृत्तिः, मैत्री-स्थापनम् / Ādi Parva (Chapter 127) — Karṇa’s Public Humiliation, Duryodhana’s Intervention, and the Formation of Alliance
नृसिंहं नरयुक्तेन परमालंकृतेन तम् । अवहन् यानमुख्येन सह माद्र्या सुसंयतम्,उसमें माद्रीके साथ पाण्डुकी अस्थियाँ भली-भाँति बाँधकर रखी गयी थीं। मनुष्योंद्वारा ढोई जानेवाली और अच्छी तरह सजायी हुई उस शिबिकाके द्वारा वे सभी बन्धु-बान्धव माद्रीसहित नरश्रेष्ठ पाण्डुकी अस्थियोंको ढोने लगे
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
nṛsiṃhaṃ narayuktena paramālaṅkṛtena tam |
avahan yānamukhyena saha mādryā susaṃyatam ||
Disse Vaiśampāyana: Eles levaram aquele leão entre os homens — Pāṇḍu — juntamente com Mādrī, bem seguro e atado, no mais nobre veículo, carregado por homens e ricamente adornado. Assim, os parentes transportaram os restos, firmemente atados, do ilustre Pāṇḍu com Mādrī, cumprindo os ritos de respeito devidos aos mortos.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharma as family responsibility: even in grief, relatives must honor the deceased through orderly, respectful rites—symbolized by carefully securing and ceremonially carrying the remains in a dignified conveyance.
After Pāṇḍu’s death (and Mādrī’s accompanying death), the relatives transport the well-secured remains together with Mādrī in a richly adorned, man-borne conveyance, proceeding as part of the funerary observances.