Shloka 6
Draupadī-apaharaṇa-saṃdeśaḥ
Report of Draupadī’s Abduction and the Pāṇḍavas’ Pursuit
पुरा त्वं तपसास्माभिललब्धो राजन महेश्वरात् । पूर्वकायश्च पूर्वस्ते निर्मितो वज्ञसंचयै:,राजन! पूर्वकालमें हमलोंगोंने तपस्याद्वारा भगवान् शंकरकी आराधना करके आपको प्राप्त किया था। आपके शरीरका पूर्वभाग--जो नाभिसे ऊपर है, वज़्समूहसे बना हुआ है
purā tvaṃ tapasāsmābhir labdho rājan maheśvarāt | pūrvakāyaś ca pūrvas te nirmito vajrasañcayaiḥ ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “Noong unang panahon, O hari, sa pamamagitan ng aming pag-aayuno at pagninilay (tapas), natamo ka namin bilang biyaya mula kay Maheśvara (Śiva). At ang unahang bahagi ng iyong katawan—ang naunang nabuo na itaas na bahagi—ay hinubog mula sa mga naipong sangkap na tila vajra.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Austerity and devotion directed toward a deity (here, Śiva as Maheśvara) are portrayed as powerful means to obtain extraordinary results; the verse also underscores the idea that a ruler’s exceptional nature can be grounded in divine origin and purposeful, ‘adamantine’ construction.
Vaiśampāyana recalls an earlier event: through their tapas the speakers received the king as a boon from Śiva, and he describes the king’s bodily formation—especially the fore/upper portion—as being made from a mass of vajra-like material, emphasizing his extraordinary, superhuman constitution.