Shloka 6
Kalmāṣapāda’s Encounter with Śakti and the Escalation of the Vasiṣṭha–Viśvāmitra Feud (कल्माषपाद–शक्ति प्रसङ्गः)
भरद्वाजस्य तु सखा पृषतो नाम पार्थिव: । तस्यापि द्रुपदो नाम तदा समभवत् सुतः,पृषत नामके एक राजा भरद्वाज मुनिके मित्र थे। उन्हीं दिनों राजा पृषतके भी ट्रुपद नामक पुत्र हुआ
bharadvājasya tu sakhā pṛṣato nāma pārthivaḥ | tasyāpi drupado nāma tadā samabhavat sutaḥ ||
The Brahmin said: Bharadvāja had a friend, a king named Pṛṣata. In due course, that king too had a son, who was then born and came to be known as Drupada. The verse situates Drupada’s birth within a network of friendship between a sage and a ruler, hinting at how personal bonds and lineage shape later duties and conflicts.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
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The verse underscores how relationships between sages and kings, and the continuity of lineage, become the groundwork for later responsibilities and moral choices; personal bonds and births are not merely private events but part of a wider dharmic and historical unfolding.
A Brahmin narrator identifies Pṛṣata as a friend of the sage Bharadvāja and states that Pṛṣata had a son named Drupada, introducing Drupada’s origin in the story.