Shloka 16
Droṇa–Drupada Saṃvāda and Droṇa’s Reception at the Kuru Court (द्रोण-द्रुपद-संवादः; कुरुनगरप्रवेशः)
(यां मे विद्यां महाराज अददात् स महायशा: । तयाहूत:ः सुर: पुत्र प्रदास्यति सुरोपमम् । अनपत्यकृतं यस्ते शोकं हि व्यपनेष्यति ।।
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
yāṃ me vidyāṃ mahārāja adadāt sa mahāyaśāḥ |
tayāhūtaḥ suraḥ putraṃ pradāsyati suropamam |
anapatyakṛtaṃ yas te śokaṃ hi vyapaneṣyati ||
apatya-kāma evaṃ syān mamāpatyaṃ bhaved iti |
āvāhayāmi kaṃ devaṃ brūhi satyavatāṃ vara |
tvatto 'nujñā-pratīkṣāṃ māṃ viddhāsmin karmaṇi sthitām ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「大王よ、あの名高き大聖仙は、神聖なる招請の智を私に授けてくださった。その智によって召せば、いずれかの神が来臨し、神にも比すべき卓越した男子を授けよう—それは、御子なきゆえに王が抱く悲嘆を拭い去る者である。かくして私は子を得、王の求嗣の願いも成就する。真実を守る者のうち最上の王よ、いずれの神を招請すべきかお告げください。私はこの儀礼のためにすでに整い、ただ王の許しを待つのみである。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage frames sacred power as ethically bounded: even when one possesses mantra-knowledge, action proceeds through rightful consent and responsibility. It also presents progeny not merely as personal desire but as a royal and familial duty, with grief addressed through dharmic means.
The speaker reports that a powerful sage taught a mantra-vidyā by which a deity can be invoked to grant a godlike son. The narrator (or the woman speaking within the report) asks the king to specify which god to summon and states readiness to perform the rite, awaiting only his permission.