एवम् उक्ता ततः कुन्ती पाण्डुं परपुरंजयम् ॥
प्रत्युवाच वरारोहा भर्तुः प्रियहिते रता ॥
पितृवेश्मन्य् अहं बाला नियुक्तातिथिपूजने ॥
उग्रं पर्यचरं तत्र ब्राह्मणं संशितव्रतम् ॥
निगूढनिश्चयं धर्मे यं तं दुर्वाससं विदुः ॥
तम् अहं संशितात्मानं सर्वयत्नैर् अतोषयम् ॥
स मे ऽभिचारसंयुक्तम् आचष्ट भगवान् वरम् ॥
मन्त्रग्रामं च मे प्रादाद् अब्रवीच् चैव माम् इदम् ॥
यं यं देवं त्वम् एतेन मन्त्रेणावाहयिष्यसि ॥
अकामो वा सकामो वा स ते वशम् उपैष्यति ॥
evam uktā tataḥ kuntī pāṇḍuṃ parapuraṃjayam ||
pratyuvāca varārohā bhartuḥ priyahite ratā ||
pitṛveśmany ahaṃ bālā niyuktātithipūjane ||
ugraṃ paryacaraṃ tatra brāhmaṇaṃ saṃśitavratam ||
nigūḍhaniścayaṃ dharme yaṃ taṃ durvāsasaṃ viduḥ ||
tam ahaṃ saṃśitātmānaṃ sarvayatnair atoṣayam ||
sa me 'bhicārasaṃyuktam ācaṣṭa bhagavān varam ||
mantragrāmaṃ ca me prādād abravīc caiva mām idam ||
yaṃ yaṃ devaṃ tvam etena mantreṇāvāhayiṣyasi ||
akāmo vā sakāmo vā sa te vaśam upaiṣyati ||
Thus entreated, Kunti — the fair-hipped one, devoted to her husband's joy and welfare — answered Pandu, conqueror of enemy cities: "In my father's house, as a girl charged with honoring guests, I served there a fierce brahmana of strict vows, whose resolve in dharma lay hidden, known as Durvasas. Him, of subdued soul, I pleased with every effort of mine; and that lord declared to me a boon joined with an invoking spell, and gave me a set of mantras, and said to me: 'Whatever god you summon with this mantra, willing or unwilling, he will come under your power.'"
b1a4c0e00914 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 4:41:49 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here Kunti finally reveals her secret to her husband — the boon of Durvasas. It is telling that she kept it hidden not out of guile, but held it back for the right moment, and now, at her husband's direct wish, discloses it honestly. Here is purity and obedience: the wife does not act on her own even while possessing a great gift, but reveals it only with her husband's consent and for a sanctioned purpose. Telling, too, is the origin of the gift — service to the fierce Durvasas, repeating the lesson that a saint's grace descends upon the one who serves humbly. Thus scripture resolves the knot of the story: the path to offspring is found — not through an earthly husband, but through the summoning of the gods themselves by a mantra given for service to an ascetic; and by this the wondrous birth of the Pandavas will be wholly pure and sacred.