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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.9.13

సంస్థితేఽతిరథే పాణ్డౌ పృథా బాలప్రజా వధూ: । యుష్మత్కృతే బహూన్ క్లేశాన్ ప్రాప్తా తోకవతీ ముహు: ॥ ౧౩ ॥
saṁsthite ’tirathe pāṇḍau
[samsthite ’tirathe paandau]
pṛthā bāla-prajā vadhūḥ
[prithaa baala-prajaa vadhooh]
yuṣmat-kṛte bahūn kleśān
[yushmat-krite bahoon kleshaan]
prāptā tokavatī muhuḥ
[praaptaa tokavatee muhuh]
Word-for-word
saṁsthite — after the demise ati-rathe — of the great general pāṇḍau — Pāṇḍu pṛthā — Kuntī bāla-prajā — having young children vadhūḥ — my daughter-in-law yuṣmat-kṛte — on your account bahūn — multifarious kleśān — afflictions prāptā — underwent toka-vatī — in spite of having grown-up boys muhuḥ — constantly.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
saṁsthite ’tirathe pāṇḍau
saṁsthite
after the demise
ati-rathe
of the great general
pāṇḍau
Pāṇḍu
pṛthā bāla-prajā vadhūḥ
pṛthā
Kuntī
bāla-prajā
having young children
vadhūḥ
my daughter-in-law
yuṣmat-kṛte bahūn kleśān
yuṣmat-kṛte
on your account
bahūn
multifarious
kleśān
afflictions
prāptā tokavatī muhuḥ
prāptā
underwent
toka-vatī
in spite of having grown-up boys
muhuḥ
constantly.
As far as my daughter-in-law Kuntī is concerned, upon the great General Pāṇḍu’s death, she became a widow with many children, and therefore she suffered greatly. And when you were grown up she suffered a great deal also because of your actions.
Purport

The sufferings of Kuntīdevī are doubly lamented. She suffered greatly because of early widowhood and to get her minor children brought up in the royal family. And when her children were grown up, she continued to suffer because of her sons’ actions. So her sufferings continued. This means that she was destined to suffer by providence, and this one has to tolerate without being disturbed.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When the great warrior Pāṇḍu died, his wife Kuntī with young children constantly underwent many difficulties in raising you since you were young at that time.
Commentary

“What was the suffering?” This verse describes it. Being alone with young children causes much suffering. Though you are now grown up, she underwent great suffering with you as a young child.

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