2023-02-19 11:52:57 by ambuda-bot
This page has not been fully proofread.
20
THE MAHABHARATA
तस्यां चोत्पादयामास विदुरः [ कुरुनन्दन] ।
पुत्रान्विनयसम्पन्नान् आत्मनस्सदृशान्गुणैः ॥
And on her, Vidura begot sons.
endowed with modesty, his own equals
in virtues.
गान्धार्यामाहिते गर्ने पाण्डुरम्बालिकासुतः ।
अपत्यार्थ कृतमना इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥
When Gandhari conceived, Pandu, the
son of Ambalika, who was intent on off-
spring, said these words:
'चतुर्भिऋणवानित्थं जायते मनुजो भुवि ।
ऋषिदेवमनुध्याणामृणान्मुक्तोऽस्मि धर्मतः ।
पितॄणां तु न मुक्तोऽस्मि तच्च तेभ्यो विशिष्यते ॥
"Man is thus born on earth, a four-
fold debtor. By doing my duties, I am
released from the debts to the Seers, the
gods and the people; but I am not
released from the debt to the ancestors; and
that debt is greater than those (other debts). "
THE MAHABHARATA
तस्यां चोत्पादयामास विदुरः [ कुरुनन्दन] ।
पुत्रान्विनयसम्पन्नान् आत्मनस्सदृशान्गुणैः ॥
And on her, Vidura begot sons.
endowed with modesty, his own equals
in virtues.
गान्धार्यामाहिते गर्ने पाण्डुरम्बालिकासुतः ।
अपत्यार्थ कृतमना इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥
When Gandhari conceived, Pandu, the
son of Ambalika, who was intent on off-
spring, said these words:
'चतुर्भिऋणवानित्थं जायते मनुजो भुवि ।
ऋषिदेवमनुध्याणामृणान्मुक्तोऽस्मि धर्मतः ।
पितॄणां तु न मुक्तोऽस्मि तच्च तेभ्यो विशिष्यते ॥
"Man is thus born on earth, a four-
fold debtor. By doing my duties, I am
released from the debts to the Seers, the
gods and the people; but I am not
released from the debt to the ancestors; and
that debt is greater than those (other debts). "