सोद्वहंती निजं बालं निपतंती पदे पदे । निःश्वसंती निजं कर्म निंदंती चकिता भृशम्
sodvahaṃtī nijaṃ bālaṃ nipataṃtī pade pade | niḥśvasaṃtī nijaṃ karma niṃdaṃtī cakitā bhṛśam
اپنے بچے کو اٹھائے ہوئے وہ ہر قدم پر گر پڑتی تھی۔ آہیں بھرتی، اپنے ہی کرم کو ملامت کرتی اور سخت خوف سے کانپتی رہتی تھی۔
Narrator (likely the Purāṇic storyteller; exact speaker not in snippet)
Scene: A mother carrying her child through a forest trail, stumbling repeatedly; her face shows fear and exhaustion; she sighs, looking down as if reproaching fate/karma; the child clings silently.
Purāṇic narrative often frames hardship as karma’s pressure, urging humility, endurance, and a turn toward dharma.
None is named in this verse.
None.