Shloka 82
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
समृद्धों युवनाश्वस्य जठरे यो महात्मन: । पूषदाज्योद्धव: श्रीमांस्त्रितोकविजयी नृप:,“त्रिलोकविजयी श्रीमान् राजा मान्धाता पृषदाज्य (दधिमिश्रित घी जो पुत्रोत्पत्तिके लिये तैयार करके रखा गया था) से उत्पन्न हुए थे। वे अपने पिता महामना युवनाश्वके पेटमें ही पले थे
samṛddho yuvanāśvasya jaṭhare yo mahātmanaḥ | pūṣadājyoddhavaḥ śrīmāṃs trilokavijayī nṛpaḥ |
বায়ুৱে ক’লে—শ্ৰীমন্ত, ত্ৰিলোকবিজয়ী ৰজা মান্ধাতা পুত্ৰোৎপত্তিৰ বাবে প্ৰস্তুত পৃষদাজ্য (দধি-মিশ্ৰিত ঘৃত)ৰ পৰা উদ্ভৱ হৈছিল; মহাত্মা যুৱনাশ্বৰৰ জঠৰতেই তেওঁ পোষিত হৈছিল।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the Mahābhārata theme that destiny and dharma can operate through extraordinary means: rightful kingship and greatness may arise not only from ordinary biology but also from ritual power and divine arrangement, emphasizing responsibility rather than mere birth-conditions.
Vāyu describes the miraculous origin of the famed king (identified in the traditional gloss as Māndhātṛ): he is said to have arisen from a special ghee-oblation prepared for producing a son, and to have been sustained within King Yuvanāśva’s belly/womb.