Shloka 9
इदमत्यद्भुतं भीरु यतो जातो5स्मि भाविनि । दृष्टवान् देवगर्भो5यं मन्येडस्माकमुपागतः,'भीरु! भाविनि! जबसे मैं पैदा हुआ हूँ, तबसे आज ही मैंने ऐसा अद्भुत बालक देखा है। मैं समझता हूँ, यह कोई देवबालक ही हमें भाग्यवश प्राप्त हुआ है
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
idam atyadbhutaṃ bhīru yato jāto 'smi bhāvini |
dṛṣṭavān devagarbho 'yaṃ manye 'smākam upāgataḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai yang pemalu, wahai wanita yang lembut—sejak hari aku dilahirkan, belum pernah aku melihat sesuatu yang seajaib ini. Aku percaya anak ini berasal daripada ketuhanan, dan telah datang kepada kita melalui kerja takdir.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the Mahābhārata’s recurring idea that extraordinary events—especially the appearance of an exceptional child—may signal divine providence (daiva) at work, inviting reverence, careful discernment, and ethical responsibility toward what has been entrusted to one’s care.
The speaker expresses astonishment at seeing an unusually wondrous child, addressing a woman as “bhīru” and “bhāvini,” and concludes that the child seems divinely originated and has come to them by destiny.