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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 6]
Although King Yuvanāśva retired from family life, he and his wives were always morose because he had no son.
TEXT 27
राजा तद्यज्ञसदनं प्रविष्टो निशि तर्षितः । दृष्ट्वा शयानान् विप्रांस्तान् पपौ मन्त्रजलं स्वयम् ॥२७॥
rājā tad-yajña-sadanam praviṣṭo niśi tarṣitaḥ dṛṣṭvā śayānān viprāṁs tān papau mantra-jalam svayam
rājā —the King (Yuvanāśva);  tat-yajña-sadanam —the arena of sacrifice;  praviṣṭaḥ —entered;  niśi —at night;  tarṣitaḥ —being thirsty;  dṛṣṭvā —seeing;  śayānān —lying down;  viprāṁs —all the  brāhmaṇas ;  tān —all of them;  papau —drank;  mantra-jalam —water sanctified by  mantras ;  svayam —personally.
TRANSLATION
Being thirsty one night, the King entered the arena of sacrifice, and when he saw all the  brāhmaṇas  lying down, he personally drank the sanctified water meant to be drunk by his wife.
PURPORT
Yajñas  performed by  brāhmaṇas  according to Vedic ritualistic ceremonies are so potent that the sanctifying of water by Vedic  mantras  can bring about the desired result. In this instance, the  brāhmaṇas  sanctified the water so that the King's wife might drink it in the  yajña , but by providence the King himself went there at night and, being thirsty, drank the water.
TEXT 28
उत्थितास्ते निशम्याथ व्युदकं कलशं प्रभो । पप्रच्छुः कस्य कर्मेदं पीतं पुंसवनं जलम् ॥२८॥