Shloka 15
नारदेन धृतराष्ट्रगतिवर्णनम् | Nārada’s Account of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Future Course
नियोगाद् ब्रह्मण: पूर्व मया स्वेन बलेन च । वैचित्रवीर्यके क्षेत्रे जात: स सुमहामति:
niyogād brahmaṇaḥ pūrvaṃ mayā svena balena ca | vaicitravīryake kṣetre jātaḥ sa sumahāmatiḥ ||
वैशम्पायन उवाच—पूर्वं ब्रह्मणो नियोगात् मया स्वेन तपोबलेन वैचित्रवीर्यस्य क्षेत्रे स सुमहामतिः विदुरः जनितः।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames extraordinary procreation (niyoga) as legitimate only when guided by higher injunction and dharmic purpose—preserving lineage and social order—supported by personal discipline (tapas) rather than mere desire.
The speaker recounts an earlier event: under Brahmā’s authorization and through ascetic power, he caused a supremely wise person (contextually, Vidura) to be born in the ‘field’ of Vicitravīrya’s wife, explaining the origin of that figure within the Kuru lineage.