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Shloka 26

Draupadī’s Instruction on Marital Conduct and Household Discipline (चित्तग्रहण-उपदेश)

अद्भुतस्य प्रिया भार्या तस्य पुत्रो विभूरसि:

adbhutasya priyā bhāryā tasya putro vibhūr asiḥ | agnīnāṁ yāvatī saṅkhyā somayāgānām api tāvatī | te sarve ’gnayo brahmaṇaḥ mānasasaṅkalpād atrivaṁśe tasya santānarūpeṇa utpannāḥ ||

قال ماركانديَّا: كان لأدبهوتا زوجةٌ محبوبة، ومن رحمها وُلِد له ابنٌ اسمه فيبهورَسي. وبقدر ما ذُكر من عدد النيران المقدّسة، يكون عددُ قرابين السُّوما (Soma-yajña) كذلك. وقد نشأت تلك النيران كلّها في سلالة أتري كذريةٍ، أخرجها براهما بعزمٍ ذهنيّ. ويؤكد هذا المقطع قداسةَ نظام الطقوس الفيدية: فمؤسساتُ القربان ليست اختراعًا بشريًا اعتباطيًا، بل هي متجذّرة في قصدٍ كونيّ، ومتوارثة عبر سلالاتٍ موقّرة.

अद्भुतस्यof Adbhuta
अद्भुतस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootअद्भुत
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
प्रियाdear, beloved
प्रिया:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिय
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
भार्याwife
भार्या:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभार्या
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तस्यof him/that
तस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
पुत्रःson
पुत्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विभूरसिःVibhūrasi (proper name)
विभूरसिः:
Apposition
TypeNoun
Rootविभूरसि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

मार्कण्डेय (Mārkaṇḍeya)
अद्भुत (Adbhuta)
अद्भुतस्य प्रिया भार्या (Adbhuta’s beloved wife)
विभूरसि (Vibhūrasi)
अग्नयः (sacred fires)
सोमयागाः (Soma-sacrifices)
ब्रह्मा (Brahmā)
अत्रि (Atri)
अत्रिवंश (lineage of Atri)

Educational Q&A

The verse links ritual institutions (Agni and Soma-yāgas) to cosmic legitimacy: sacred rites are portrayed as originating from Brahmā’s intentional will and transmitted through the venerable Atri lineage, reinforcing the dharmic idea that Vedic practice rests on an ordered, sanctified foundation.

Mārkaṇḍeya continues a genealogical and cosmological account: he notes Adbhuta’s wife and their son Vibhūrasi, then explains that the multitude of sacred fires corresponds to the multitude of Soma-sacrifices, and that these fires were generated as progeny within Atri’s line through Brahmā’s mental resolve.