Shloka 72

Kirmīra-rākṣasa-saṃgamaḥ (Encounter and Slaying of Kirmīra) | किर्मीरेण सह भीमसेनसमागमः

Devanagari script

पज्चभि: पतिभिज्जाता: कुमारा मे महौजस: । एतेषामप्यवेक्षार्थ त्रातव्यास्मि जनार्दन,जनार्दन! इन पाँच पतियोंसे उत्पन्न हुए मेरे महाबली पाँच पुत्र हैं। उनकी देखभालके लिये भी मेरी रक्षा आवश्यक थी

Transliteration

pañcabhiḥ patibhir jātāḥ kumārā me mahaujasaḥ | eteṣām apy avekṣārthaṃ trātavyāsmi janārdana, janārdana! |

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «От пяти моих мужей родились пять моих могучих сыновей. И ради них тоже — ради их попечения и защиты — я должна быть сохранена, о Джанардана!»

Word by Word

पञ्चभिःby five

पतिभिःby husbands

जाताःborn (having been born)

कुमाराःsons, princes

मेmy

महौजसःof great vigor/might

एतेषाम्of these

अपिalso, even

अवेक्षार्थम्for the purpose of looking after (them)

त्रातव्याto be protected / needing protection

अस्मिI am

जनार्दनO Janārdana (Krishna)

जनार्दनO Janārdana!

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Janārdana

five husbands

five sons

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds dharma as protective responsibility: one’s life and safety are not merely personal concerns but are ethically tied to the welfare of dependents—here, a mother’s duty to safeguard and raise her children becomes a moral reason to seek protection.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker emphasizes that she has five powerful sons born from her five husbands and pleads to Janārdana for protection, arguing that her preservation is necessary so that her children may be cared for and kept safe.