Shloka 32
नियोगप्रसङ्गः — The Niyoga Episode: Births of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu, and Vidura
यस्मान्मे वसवो जह्र्गा वै दोग्ध्रीं सुवालधिम् । तस्मात् सर्वे जनिष्यन्ति मानुषेषु न संशय:,“वसुओंने सुन्दर पूँछवाली मेरी कामधेनु गायका अपहरण किया है, इसलिये वे सब- के-सब मनुष्य-योनिमें जन्म लेंगे, इसमें संशय नहीं है”
yasmān me vasavo jahruḥ vai dogdhrīṃ suvaladhim | tasmāt sarve janiṣyanti mānuṣeṣu na saṃśayaḥ ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “Sapagkat tunay na dinala ng mga Vasu ang aking bakang nagbibigay-gatas, na may magandang buntot, kaya silang lahat ay isisilang sa lahi ng mga tao—walang alinlangan.”
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.