महाभारत स्त्री पर्व अध्याय 16 श्लोक 44-61
shodash (16) adhyay: shtriparv (jalapradanik parv )
ye kurookal ki striyaan rona band karake svajanoan ka chintan karati huee parijanoan sahit unhian ki khoj mean jati aur dukhi hokar un-un vyaktiyoan se mil rahi haian . kaurav vansh ki yuvatiyoan ke soory aur suvarn ke saman kantiman mukh rosh aur rodan se tamravarn ke ho gaye haian . keshav. sundar kanti se sampann, ekavastradharini tatha shyam gauravarnavali duryodhan ki in sundari striyoan ki toliyoan ko dekho . ek doosari ki rodan- dhvani se mil jane ke karan inake vilap ka arth poornaroop se samajh mean nahian ata, use sunakar any striyaan bhi kuchh nahian samajh pati haian . ye vir vanitaaian lanbi saans khianchakar svajanoan ko pukar pukar kar karoon bilap karake dukh se chhatapatati huee apane pran tyag dena chahati haian . bahut si striyaan svajanoan ki lashoan ko dekhakar roti, chillati aur vilap karati haian. kitani hi komal hathoan vali kaminiyaan apane hathoan se sir pit rahi haian . katakar gire hue mastakoan, hathoan aur sampoorn aangoan ke dher lage haian. ye sabhi ek ke oopar ek karake p de haian. unase yahaan ki sari prithvi dhaki huee jan p dati hai . in bina mastak ke sundar dh doan aur bina dh d ke mastakoan ko dekh-dekh kar ye anugamini striyaan moorchhit si ho rahi haian . kitani hi achet hi hokar svajanoan ki khoj karane vali striyaan ek mastak ko nikatavarti dh d ke sath jo d karake dekhati haian aur jab vah mastak usase nahian ju data tatha doosara koee mastak vahaan dekhane mean nahian ata to ve dukhi hokar kahane lagati haian ki yah to unaka sir nahian hai . balo se kat-kat kar alag huee vahoan, jaangoan aur pairoan ko jo dati huee ye dukhi avalaaian bar-bar moorchhit ho jat haian. kitani hi lashoan ke sir katakar gayab ho gaye haian, kitanoan ko maans bhakshi pashuoan aur pakshiyoan ne kha dala hai; atah unako dekhakar bhi ye hamare hi pati haian, is roop mean bharat kul ki striyaan pahachan nahian pati haian . madhusoodan. dekho, bahut si striyaan shatruoan dvara mare gaye bhaeeyoan, pitaoan, putroan aur patiyoan ko dekhakar apane hathoan se sir pit rahi haian . kh dag yukt bhujaoan aur kundaloan sahit mastakoan se dhaki huee is prithvi par chalana phirana asanbhav ho gaya hai. yahaan maans aur rakt ki kich jam gayi hai . ye sati sadhvi sundari striyaan pahale kabhi aise dukh mean nahian p di thian; kintu aj dukh ke samudr mean doob rahi haian. yah sari prithvi inake bhaiyoan, patiyoan aur putroan se dhank gayi hai . jarnadan. dekho, maharaj dhritarashtr ki sundar keshoan vali putravadhuoan ki ye kee toliyaan, bachhediyoan ki jhund ke saman dikhaee de rahi haian . keshav. mere liye isase badhakar mahan dukh aur kya hoga ki ye sari bahuaian yahaan akar anek prakar se artanad kar rahi haian . madhav. nishhchay hi maianne poorv janmoan mean koee b da bhari pap kiya hai jisase aj apane putroan, pautroan aur bhaeeyoan ko yahaan mara gaya dekh rahi hooan . bhagavan shrikrishna ko sambodhit karake putr shok se byakul ho is prakar art vilap karati huee gandhari ne yuddh mean mare gaye apane putr duryodhan ko dekha .
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