Shloka 38
Ulūpī–Citravāhinī Saṃvāda: Dhanaṃjaya-patana and Prāya-threat
भर्तरें निहतं दृष्टवा पुत्रं च पतितं भुवि | चित्राड्भदा परित्रस्ता प्रविवेश रणाजिरे
bhartāraṁ nihataṁ dṛṣṭvā putraṁ ca patitaṁ bhuvi | citrāṅgadā paritrastā praviveśa raṇājire ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: Nang makita niyang napatay ang kanyang asawa at ang kanyang anak ay nakahandusay na walang malay sa lupa, si Citrāṅgadā—nayanig sa takot at dalamhati—ay pumasok sa larangan ng digmaan.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how warfare’s harm extends beyond combatants: the death of a spouse and the collapse of a child compel even a grieving wife-mother to step into the war-zone. It implicitly raises an ethical awareness of war’s ripple effects on dharma, family bonds, and human vulnerability.
Citrāṅgadā sees her husband killed and her son lying fallen on the ground; overwhelmed and shaken, she nevertheless goes into the battlefield, driven by grief and urgency.