Shloka 36
इमामन्धां च वृद्धां च मातरं ते तपस्विनीम्।कथं वत्स भरिष्यामि कृपणां पुत्रगर्धिनीम्।।।।
imām andhāṃ ca vṛddhāṃ ca mātaraṃ te tapasvinīm | kathaṃ vatsa bhariṣyāmi kṛpaṇāṃ putragardhinīm ||
اے میرے بچے! میں تیری اس ماں کو—جو اندھی بھی ہے اور بوڑھی بھی، تپسیا میں دکھی و ناتواں، اور بیٹے کی چاہ میں تڑپتی ہے—کیسے پالوں گی؟
'O son! how can I support your wretched and pitiable mother, who is blind, old and yearning for her son?
FAQs
Protection of the vulnerable: dharma demands care for the blind and elderly; the son’s role as protector is central, and his loss becomes an ethical catastrophe for dependents.
The father’s grief turns to fear for the mother’s future—she is blind, old, and emotionally dependent on the son.
Compassionate responsibility—Śravaṇa is implied to have been the sustaining support for his mother.