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Shloka 5

अौर्ध्वदेहिक-श्राद्धे दानयज्ञविस्तारः | Expansion of the Aurdhvadehika Śrāddha and the Donation-Rite

सुदुष्कृतं कृतवती कुन्ती पुत्रानपश्यती । राज्यश्रियं परित्यज्य वनं सा समरोचयत्‌

suduṣkṛtaṃ kṛtavatī kuntī putrān apaśyatī | rājyśriyaṃ parityajya vanaṃ sā samarocayat ||

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Kuntī đã làm một việc vô cùng khó làm. Bị tước mất niềm được thấy mặt các con, bà từ bỏ vinh hoa của vương vận và chọn ở chốn rừng sâu—một hành động khổ hạnh và xả ly theo chính pháp giữa hậu cảnh chiến tranh.”

सुदुष्कृतम्a very difficult deed
सुदुष्कृतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसुदुष्कृत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कृतवतीdid / has done
कृतवती:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPerfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular, Feminine
कुन्तीKunti
कुन्ती:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकुन्ती
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
पुत्रान्sons
पुत्रान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
अपश्यतीnot seeing
अपश्यती:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootपश्
FormPresent (Participle), Singular, Feminine, Nominative
राज्यश्रियम्royal prosperity
राज्यश्रियम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootराज्यश्री
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
परित्यज्यhaving abandoned
परित्यज्य:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootत्यज्
FormAbsolutive (Gerund)
वनम्the forest
वनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
साshe
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
समरोचयत्preferred / chose
समरोचयत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootरुच्
FormImperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
K
Kuntī
S
sons (the Pāṇḍavas, implied)
R
rājyaśrī (royal fortune, as an abstract entity)
F
forest

Educational Q&A

True renunciation is shown not by words but by the willingness to relinquish comfort, status, and even cherished relationships when one seeks a higher ethical and spiritual course. Kuntī’s choice highlights detachment from power (rājyaśrī) and acceptance of hardship as a form of moral resolve.

In the Ashramavāsika context, after the great war and the establishment of the new rule, Kuntī chooses to abandon royal prosperity and go to the forest. The narrator emphasizes how difficult this is—especially since she must live without the daily sight of her sons—yet she accepts the forest life.