भारद्वाजस्य हन्तारं सो ऽभिसंधाय भूमिपः ॥
आजह्रे तत् तथा सर्वं द्रुपदः कर्मसिद्धये ॥
याजस् तु हवनस्यान्ते देवीम् आह्वापयत् तदा ॥
प्रैहि मां राज्ञि पृषति मिथुनं त्वाम् उपस्थितम् ॥
देव्य् उवाच
अवलिप्तं मे मुखं ब्रह्मन् पुण्यान् गन्धान् बिभर्मि च ॥
सुतार्थेनोपरुद्धास्मि तिष्ठ याज मम प्रिये ॥
याज उवाच
याजेन श्रपितं हव्यम् उपयाजेन मन्त्रितम् ॥
कथं कामं न संदध्यात् सा त्वं विप्रैहि तिष्ठ वा ॥
bhāradvājasya hantāraṃ so 'bhisaṃdhāya bhūmipaḥ ||
ājahre tat tathā sarvaṃ drupadaḥ karmasiddhaye ||
yājas tu havanasyānte devīm āhvāpayat tadā ||
praihi māṃ rājñi pṛṣati mithunaṃ tvām upasthitam ||
devy uvāca
avaliptaṃ me mukhaṃ brahman puṇyān gandhān bibharmi ca ||
sutārthenoparuddhāsmi tiṣṭha yāja mama priye ||
yāja uvāca
yājena śrapitaṃ havyam upayājena mantritam ||
kathaṃ kāmaṃ na saṃdadhyāt sā tvaṃ vipraihi tiṣṭha vā ||
"Having resolved upon the slayer of Drona, Drupada, lord of the earth, performed all that for the accomplishment of the rite. At the end of the oblation Yaja summoned the queen: 'Come to me, O queen Prishati; the pair of twins has appeared for you.' She replied: 'My mouth is anointed, O brahmin, and I am wearing sacred perfumes; for the sake of a son I am not yet ready — wait, Yaja, until I am ready.' Yaja said: 'The oblation, cooked by Yaja and consecrated by Upayaja's mantra — how could it fail to fulfill the wish? As for you — come here or stay where you stand.'"
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Here the efficacy of a consecrated rite does not depend on some incidental unreadiness. Yaja's words are telling: the oblation, cooked by him and consecrated by his brother's mantra, will inescapably fulfill its purpose — the power of the sacrifice lies in the sacrifice itself, not in circumstance. This shows that an act sanctified by mantra carries its own force, one that exceeds human calculation. Telling, too, is the impatience of the moment: the queen hesitates, but the rite does not wait. The verse thus shows that the fruit of a rightly performed sacrifice cannot be revoked; and from this instant is born a wondrous pair, in whom providence's design takes form.