Shloka 14
Vidurovācā: Śreyas, Mantra, and Conciliation toward the Pāṇḍavas (विदुरोवाच—श्रेयः-मन्त्र-समाधानम्)
इदं च तत्राद्भुतरूपमुत्तमं जगाद देवर्षिरतीतमानुषम् । महानुभावा किल सा सुमध्यमा बभूव कनन््यैव गते गतेडहनि,देवर्षिने वहाँ घटित हुई इस 3 उत्तम एवं अलौकिक घटनाका वर्णन किया है कि सुन्दर कटिप्रदेशवाली महानुभावा प्रतिवार विवाहके दूसरे दिन कन्याभावको ही प्राप्त हो जाती थी
idaṃ ca tatrādbhutarūpam uttamaṃ jagāda devarṣir atītamānuṣam | mahānubhāvā kila sā sumadhyamā babhūva kanyāiva gate gate ’hani ||
Vaiśampāyana said: There the divine seer also related a supremely wondrous, extraordinary marvel beyond human measure: that illustrious lady of slender waist would, as each day passed, become a maiden again—returning to virginity even after the second day of marriage. The episode is presented as a supernatural occurrence, highlighting how events in this lineage sometimes unfold under forces that transcend ordinary social and bodily norms, while still shaping questions of marital propriety and dharma.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an extraordinary event as part of the epic’s moral universe: dharma must sometimes be interpreted amid superhuman or miraculous circumstances, and narrative authority (the seer’s testimony) is used to situate such anomalies within a meaningful ethical order.
Vaiśampāyana reports that a divine seer described a remarkable phenomenon: an illustrious woman repeatedly regained maidenhood day after day, even after marriage—an event presented as beyond ordinary human experience.