Shloka 27
नियोगप्रसङ्गः — The Niyoga Episode: Births of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu, and Vidura
पृथ्वद्यैर्भातृभि: सार्थ द्यौस्तदा तां जहार गाम् तया कमलतपत्राक्ष्या नियुक्तो द्यौस्तदा नृप
vaiśampāyana uvāca | pṛthvadyair bhrātṛbhiḥ sārthaṃ dyaus tadā tāṃ jahāra gām | tayā kamalatapatrākṣyā niyukto dyaus tadā nṛpa |
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。王よ、蓮弁のような眼をもつ妻に促され、ヴァスのディヤウはプリトゥら兄弟とともにその牝牛を掠め取った。彼女を喜ばせようとするあまり、彼は聖仙ヴァシシュタの苦行の燃え立つ威力を顧みず、またその怒りが自らを天界から墜とし得ることを予見しなかった。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even exalted beings fall when they violate dharma under the pressure of desire. Pleasing a loved one cannot justify taking what belongs to a sage; ignoring the moral and spiritual consequences (especially the force of tapas and the certainty of accountability) leads to downfall.
Dyaus, one of the Vasus, is persuaded by his lotus-eyed wife to obtain a particular cow. With his brothers’ help he abducts the cow belonging to the sage Vasiṣṭha, failing to anticipate the sage’s ascetic power and the resulting curse that will cause Dyaus’s fall from heaven.