Shloka 26
Draupadī’s Instruction on Marital Conduct and Household Discipline (चित्तग्रहण-उपदेश)
अद्भुतस्य प्रिया भार्या तस्य पुत्रो विभूरसि:,अद्भुतकी जो प्रियतमा पत्नी है, उसके गर्भसे उनके “विभूरसि” नामक पुत्र हुआ। अग्नियोंकी जितनी संख्या बतायी गयी है, सोमयागोंकी भी उतनी ही है। वे सब अग्नि ब्रद्माजीके मानसिक संकल्पसे अत्रिके वंशमें उनकी संतानरूपसे उत्पन्न हुए हैं
adbhutasya priyā bhāryā tasya putro vibhūr asiḥ | agnīnāṁ yāvatī saṅkhyā somayāgānām api tāvatī | te sarve ’gnayo brahmaṇaḥ mānasasaṅkalpād atrivaṁśe tasya santānarūpeṇa utpannāḥ ||
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Adbhuta had a beloved wife, and from her womb a son was born to him named Vibhūrasi. As many as the fires are said to be, so many are the Soma-sacrifices as well. All those sacred fires arose in the lineage of Atri as progeny, brought forth by Brahmā’s mental resolve. The passage underscores the sanctity of Vedic ritual order: sacrificial institutions are not arbitrary human inventions but are rooted in cosmic intention and transmitted through revered lineages.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links ritual institutions (Agni and Soma-yāgas) to cosmic legitimacy: sacred rites are portrayed as originating from Brahmā’s intentional will and transmitted through the venerable Atri lineage, reinforcing the dharmic idea that Vedic practice rests on an ordered, sanctified foundation.
Mārkaṇḍeya continues a genealogical and cosmological account: he notes Adbhuta’s wife and their son Vibhūrasi, then explains that the multitude of sacred fires corresponds to the multitude of Soma-sacrifices, and that these fires were generated as progeny within Atri’s line through Brahmā’s mental resolve.