Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 35
ब्राह्मणपूजायां व्युष्टिः — Vyuṣṭi (Merit-Outcome) of Honoring Brāhmaṇas: Kṛṣṇa and Durvāsā
तेन चात्मानुशिष्टो मे पुत्रत्वे मुनिसत्तमा: । तेजसोडर्धेन पुत्रस्ते भवितेति वृषध्वज:
tena cātmānuśiṣṭo me putratve munisattamāḥ | tejaso 'rdhena putras te bhavitety vṛṣadhvajaḥ ||
Wika ni Vāyu: “Sa gayong pagtuturo niya, O pinakadakila sa mga pantas, ako’y isinugo dala ang mensaheng ito hinggil sa iyong pagiging ama: ‘Si Vṛṣadhvaja (Śiva) mismo ang magiging anak mo, isisilang mula sa kalahati ng kaniyang banal na ningning.’”
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The verse highlights the Mahābhārata theme that extraordinary births and destinies can arise through divine sanction: spiritual power (tejas) and divine will shape lineage, and a sage’s life may be guided by messages and boons that connect human aims with cosmic purpose.
Vāyu reports a divine message to a great sage: he has been instructed to convey that Śiva (Vṛṣadhvaja) will become the sage’s son, manifested from half of Śiva’s own radiance—announcing a miraculous, divinely ordained birth.