Shloka 11
Divodāsa–Mādhavī Saṃvāda: Pratardana-janma and Kanyā-niryātana (दिवोदास–माधवी संवादः / प्रतर्दन-जननम् / कन्या-निर्यातनम्)
प्रसूत्यन्ते प्रसूत्यन्ते कन्यैव त्वं भविष्यसि । स त्वं ददस्व मां राजे प्रतिगृह्म हयोत्तमान्
prasūtyante prasūtyante kanyaiva tvaṁ bhaviṣyasi | sa tvaṁ dadasva māṁ rāje pratigṛhṇa hayottamān |
সে বলল— “প্রতিটি প্রসবের শেষে আমি আবার কন্যাই হয়ে যাব। অতএব আমাকে রাজার কাছে সমর্পণ করুন; আর তিনি এই উৎকৃষ্ট অশ্বগুলি গ্রহণ করুন।”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the binding force of boons and vows in dharma: personal status and social arrangements (such as marriage or transfer) are framed as obligations governed by prior grants and ethical exchange, not mere desire.
Nārada reports a boon that a woman will revert to maidenhood after each childbirth, and he urges the king to accept her along with the finest horses as part of the agreed transaction—linking her condition to the fulfillment of a promised gift.