Shloka 653
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तदापतत् पर्णपुटे तत्र सा संभवत् सुता । जप करनेवालोंमें श्रेष्ठ ऋषिने उस वीर्यको अपने हाथमें ले लिया, परंतु वह तत्काल ही एक पफ्त्तेके दोनेमें गिर पड़ा। वहीं वह कन्या प्रकट हो गयी
tadāpatat parṇapuṭe tatra sā saṃbhavat sutā | japakarṇevāleṣu śreṣṭha ṛṣiṇe us vīryako apne hāthameṃ le liyā, parantu vah tatkāl hī ek patteke done meṃ gir paṛā | vahīṃ vah kanyā prakaṭ ho gayī |
Then it fell into a leaf-cup, and right there a daughter came into being. The foremost of the sages—preeminent among those devoted to sacred recitation—had taken that seed into his hand; yet at once it slipped and dropped into a small bowl made of leaves. From that very spot the maiden manifested.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that outcomes may arise even from unintended moments, yet within a dharmic frame: ascetic discipline, ritual potency, and destiny can transform an accidental fall into an extraordinary birth, suggesting that moral and spiritual context shapes how events bear fruit.
A sage takes the seed (vīrya) into his hand, but it immediately falls into a leaf-cup (parṇapuṭa). From that very place a daughter/maiden manifests, marking a miraculous or unusual origin story narrated by Vaiśampāyana.