Shloka 32
नियोगप्रसङ्गः — The Niyoga Episode: Births of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu, and Vidura
यस्मान्मे वसवो जह्र्गा वै दोग्ध्रीं सुवालधिम् । तस्मात् सर्वे जनिष्यन्ति मानुषेषु न संशय:
yasmān me vasavo jahruḥ vai dogdhrīṃ suvaladhim | tasmāt sarve janiṣyanti mānuṣeṣu na saṃśayaḥ ||
“ವಸುಗಳು ಸುಂದರ ವಾಲುಳ್ಳ ನನ್ನ ದೋಗ್ಧ್ರೀ ಹಸುವನ್ನು ಅಪಹರಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ; ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಅವರು ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಮಾನವರಲ್ಲಿ ಜನಿಸುವರು—ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಶಯವಿಲ್ಲ.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even powerful or divine beings are bound by dharma: wrongful taking (theft/abduction) produces inevitable karmic consequence, here expressed as compulsory birth in the human realm.
The speaker declares a consequence for the Vasus because they abducted his milch-cow with a beautiful tail; as a result, all of them are destined to be born as humans, without doubt.