Shloka 16
धृतराष्ट्रदर्शनाय पाण्डवानां प्रयाणम् | The Pāṇḍavas Prepare to Visit Dhṛtarāṣṭra
नूनं तस्यैव देवस्य प्रसादात् पुनरेव तु । कन्याहमभवं विप्र यथा प्राह स मामृषि:
nūnaṃ tasyaiva devasya prasādāt punareva tu | kanyāham abhavaṃ vipra yathā prāha sa mām ṛṣiḥ ||
ਹੇ ਵਿਪ੍ਰਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ! ਉਸੇ ਦੇਵ ਸੂਰਜ ਦੀ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਨਾਲ ਮੈਂ ਮੁੜ ਕੁਆਰੀ ਹੋ ਗਈ—ਜਿਵੇਂ ਉਸ ਮਹਰਿਸ਼ੀ ਨੇ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਕਿਹਾ ਸੀ, ਓਹੋ ਜਿਹਾ ਹੀ ਹੋਇਆ।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Divine grace (prasāda) can restore what is lost and validate righteous assurances: the verse emphasizes the power of a deity’s favor and the trustworthiness of a sage’s word, linking moral order to truthful speech and sacred boons.
A woman recounts that, by the Sun-god’s grace, she regained maidenhood after childbirth, exactly as a sage had predicted; the statement underscores that the boon operated as promised.