Shloka 36
Adhyāya 62: Sañjaya’s Admonition to Dhṛtarāṣṭra on Rāja-dharma and Consequence
गर्भाद्धि जह्वतुर्देवावश्वचिनौ भिषजां वरौ | इतनेमें दूरसे उठता हुआ धूआँ देखकर वे उसी ओर चले और एक यज्ञमण्डपमें जा पहुँचे। वहाँ एक पात्रमें रखे हुए घृतमिश्रित अभिमन्त्रित जलको उन्होंने पी लिया। उस जलको युवनाश्वके पेटमें पुत्ररूपमें परिणत हुआ देख वैद्योंमें श्रेष्ठ अश्विनीकुमार नामक देवताओंने उसे पिताके गर्भसे बाहर निकाला
garbhād dhi jahvatur devāv aśvinau bhiṣajāṁ varau | itne meṁ dūr se uṭhatā huā dhūāṁ dekhakar ve usī or cale aura eka yajñamaṇḍapa meṁ jā pahuṁce | vahāṁ eka pātra meṁ rakhe hue ghṛtamiśrita abhimantrita jala ko unhoṁne pī liyā | usa jala ko yuvanāśva ke peṭa meṁ putrarūpa meṁ pariṇata huā dekh vaidyoṁ meṁ śreṣṭha aśvinīkumar nāmaka devatāoṁ ne use pitā ke garbha se bāhar nikālā |
Narada said: The two divine Ashvins, foremost among physicians, were present there. Just then, seeing smoke rising from afar, they went in that direction and arrived at a sacrificial pavilion. There they drank consecrated, mantra-charged water mixed with ghee that had been kept in a vessel. When they saw that this water had transformed into a son within King Yuvanashva’s belly, the Ashvinikumara deities—best of healers—brought the child forth from the father’s womb. The episode highlights the extraordinary power attributed to Vedic rites and mantras, and frames the Ashvins as protectors who intervene to preserve life and rightful progeny.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage underscores the perceived potency of yajña and mantra (abhimantrita jala) and presents the Ashvins as dharmic healers who safeguard life and lineage. It also suggests that extraordinary outcomes can arise when ritual power and divine compassion converge, with the ethical emphasis on protection and preservation rather than harm.
Narada narrates how the Ashvin twins notice smoke in the distance, reach a sacrificial pavilion, and drink ghee-mixed consecrated water. That water becomes a child within King Yuvanashva’s belly, and the Ashvins then deliver the child from the father’s womb.