Shloka 24
ययातिदौहित्रपुण्यसमुच्चयः | Yayāti and the Grandsons’ Consolidation of Merit
तदनन्तर तपस्विनी माधवीने उन पुत्रोंके सिरपर हाथ रखकर अपने पितासे कहा --'राजेन्द्र! ये सभी आपके दौहित्र (नाती) और मेरे पुत्र हैं, पराये नहीं हैं ।। इमे त्वां तारयिष्यन्ति दृष्टमेतत् पुरातने । अहं ते दुहिता राजन् माधवी मृगचारिणी
tadanantaraṃ tapasvinī mādhavī nūna putrāṇāṃ śirasi karaṃ nidhāya svapitaraṃ pratyuvāca— “rājendra! ime sarve tava dauhitrāḥ (nātayaḥ) mama ca putrāḥ, na parāyāḥ. ime tvāṃ tārayiṣyanti; dṛṣṭam etat purātane. ahaṃ te duhitā rājan mādhavī mṛgacāriṇī.”
तदनन्तरं तपस्विनी माधवी तेषां पुत्राणां शिरःस्पर्शं कृत्वा पितरं प्रत्युवाच—“राजेन्द्र, एते सर्वे तव दौहित्रा मम पुत्राश्च, न पराः। इमे त्वां तारयिष्यन्ति; दृष्टमेतत् पुरातने। अहं ते दुहिता राजन्, माधवी मृगचारिणी।”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse stresses dharma grounded in kinship and responsibility: one’s descendants are not ‘others,’ and rightful lineage can become a means of protection and moral deliverance, affirmed by ancient precedent.
Mādhavī, described as an ascetic forest-wanderer, blesses her sons by touching their heads and reassures her father (a king) that these boys are his own grandsons. She declares that they will ‘deliver’ him, invoking an old, established tradition.