manual SHOBNMK

01097

01097001 vaizamMpAyana uvAca
'vaizaMpAyana said,

01097001a tatasH satyavatI dInA kRpaNA putragRddhinI
'The unfortunate Satyavati then became plunged in grief on account of her son.

01097001c putrasya kRtvA kAryANi snuSAbhyAM saha bhArata
And after performing with her daughters-in-law the funeral rites of the deceased,
consoled, as best she could, her weeping daughters-in-law and bhISma, that foremost of all wielders of weapons.

01097002a dharmaJM ca pitRvaMzaJM ca mAtRvaMzaJM ca mAninI
And turning her eyes to duty, and to the paternal and maternal lines (of the kurus),

01097002c prasamIkSya mahAbhAgA gAGgeyaM vAkyam abravIt
she addressed bhISma and said

01097003a zanMtanor dharmanityasya kauravyasya yazasvinaH

01097003c tvayi piNDaz ca kIrtiz ca sanMtAnaJM ca pratiSThitam
'The funeral cake, the achievements, and the perpetuation of the line of the virtuous and celebrated zantanu of kuru's race, all now depend on thee.