Shloka 653
Indratīrtha–Ādityatīrtha: Balarāma’s Ritual Bathing, Dāna, and Sacred-Historical Recollections
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. The passage underscores how unintended acts can still yield fated outcomes, and how ascetic restraint and ritual power frame the birth as extraordinary rather than ordinary.
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.