Shloka 106
Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ
King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt
भरद्वाजस्य च स्कन्न॑ द्रोण्यां शुक्रमवर्धत । महर्षेरुग्रतपसस्तस्माद् द्रोणो व्यजायत,एक समय उग्रतपस्वी महर्षि भरद्वाजका वीर्य किसी द्रोणी (पर्वतकी गुफा)-में स्खलित होकर धीरे-धीरे पुष्ट होने लगा। उसीसे द्रोणका जन्म हुआ
Bharadvājasya ca skannaṃ droṇyāṃ śukram avardhata | maharṣer ugratapasaḥ tasmād droṇo vyajāyata ||
Wika ni Dāśa: Ang binhi (semilya) ng dakilang rishi na si Bharadvāja—isang ascetic na may mabagsik na pag-aayuno at pagtitika—ay nalaglag sa isang droṇī (parang sisidlan o hukay na gaya ng labangan), at doon ito unti-unting lumaki at nahinog. Mula sa binhing iyon isinilang si Droṇa. Ipinapakita ng pangyayaring ito ang paulit-ulit na diwa sa Mahābhārata: na ang pambihirang kapanganakan ay maaaring sumibol mula sa kapangyarihan ng tapas at sa di-karaniwang pagkakataon, at inihahanda ang itinadhanang papel ni Droṇa sa mga darating na tunggalian ng dharma at digmaan.
दाश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the potency of tapas (ascetic discipline) and the Mahābhārata motif that remarkable destinies may arise through unconventional births; moral and historical consequences can flow from the spiritual power and actions of sages.
Daśa narrates Droṇa’s origin: Bharadvāja’s generative seed falls into a droṇī, develops there, and from it Droṇa is born—explaining Droṇa’s name and setting up his later significance in the epic’s martial narrative.