Shloka 10
वसिष्ठ–विश्वामित्रवैरकारणम्
Vasiṣṭha–Viśvāmitra: Origin of Hostility and Nandinī Episode
पाण्डवा ऊचु. कथं ट्रुपदपुत्रस्य धृष्टद्युम्नस्प पावकात् । वेदीमध्याच्च कृष्णाया: सम्भव: क हक,पाण्डव बोले--द्रुपदपुत्र धृष्टद्युम्नका और कृष्णाका यज्ञवेदीके मध्यभागसे अद्भुत जन्म किस प्रकार हुआ?
Pāṇḍavā ūcuḥ—kathaṃ Drupadaputrasya Dhṛṣṭadyumnasya pāvakāt vedīmadhyāc ca Kṛṣṇāyāḥ sambhavaḥ?
The Pāṇḍavas asked: “How did Drupada’s son Dhṛṣṭadyumna arise from the sacrificial fire, and how did Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) come into being from the very middle of the altar?”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the Mahābhārata theme that extraordinary births can arise through yajña and divine ordinance, signaling that major ethical and political events (like the coming conflict) unfold within a larger moral-cosmic order rather than mere human planning.
The Pāṇḍavas question the narrator about the miraculous origins of Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī), specifically how one emerged from the sacrificial fire and the other from the center of the altar, prompting the forthcoming account of Drupada’s sacrifice and its results.