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Shloka 8

वसिष्ठ–विश्वामित्रवैरकारणम्

Vasiṣṭha–Viśvāmitra: Origin of Hostility and Nandinī Episode

धृष्टद्युम्नस्य चोत्पत्तिमुत्पत्ति च शिखण्डिन: । अयोनिजत्वं कृष्णाया द्रुपदस्य महामखे,धृष्टद्यम्म और शिखण्डीकी उत्पत्ति तथा द्रुपदके महायज्ञमें कृष्णा (द्रौपदी)-का बिना माताके गर्भके ही (यज्ञकी वेदीसे) जन्म होना आदि बातें भी उसने कहीं

dhṛṣṭadyumnasya cotpattim utpattiṃ ca śikhaṇḍinaḥ | ayonijatvaṃ kṛṣṇāyā drupadasya mahāmakhe ||

เขายังเล่าถึงกำเนิดของธฤษฏทยุมน์และกำเนิดของศิขัณฑิน ตลอดจนการที่กฤษณา (เทราปที) มิได้ถือกำเนิดจากครรภ์มารดา หากอุบัติขึ้นโดยตรงจากแท่นบูชายัญในมหายัญของพระเจ้าทรุปทะ—เหตุอัศจรรย์ทั้งปวงนั้นเขากล่าวไว้ด้วย

धृष्टद्युम्नस्यof Dhrishtadyumna
धृष्टद्युम्नस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootधृष्टद्युम्न
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
उत्पत्तिम्birth; origin
उत्पत्तिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउत्पत्ति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
उत्पत्तिम्birth; origin
उत्पत्तिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउत्पत्ति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
शिखण्डिनःof Shikhandin
शिखण्डिनः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootशिखण्डिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
अयोनिजत्वम्being not womb-born; miraculous birth
अयोनिजत्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअयोनिजत्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कृष्णायाःof Krishna (Draupadi)
कृष्णायाः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्णा
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
द्रुपदस्यof Drupada
द्रुपदस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootद्रुपद
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
महामखेin the great sacrifice
महामखे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहामख
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
D
Dhṛṣṭadyumna
Ś
Śikhaṇḍin
K
Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
D
Drupada
M
mahāmakha (great sacrifice)
Y
yajña-vedī (sacrificial altar)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights that pivotal agents of the coming conflict arise through extraordinary, ritually grounded births, suggesting that human vows, ritual power, and moral causality (dharma and its consequences) shape history beyond ordinary lineage.

Vaiśampāyana reports that the storyteller has described key origin-stories: Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s birth, Śikhaṇḍin’s birth, and Draupadī’s womb-less emergence from the sacrificial altar in Drupada’s great sacrifice.