Shloka 45
Adhyaya 2 — The Lineage of Garuda and the Birth of the Wise Birds: Kanka and Kandhara
अथर्षिः शिष्यसहितो घृष्टामुत्पाट्य विस्मितः ।
अमातृपितृपक्षाणि शिशुकानि ददर्श ह ॥
atharṣiḥ śiṣyasahito ghaṣṭām utpāṭya vismitaḥ | amātṛpitṛpakṣāṇi śiśukāni dadarśa ha ||
ثم إنّ الحكيم، ومعه تلاميذه، مزّق كتلة العشب التي فيها العشّ، فرأى بدهشة فراخًا صغارًا لا أمّ لها ولا أب يرعاها.
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FAQs
Astonishment at seemingly “unsupported” life (young birds without visible parents) becomes the occasion for dharma-clarification: appearances can conceal deeper orders of support (ṛta/dharma). Ethically, it foregrounds responsibility toward the vulnerable—those who seem without protectors—preparing the ground for instruction on right conduct and hidden agencies that sustain beings.
Primarily falls under Vamśānucarita / Ākhyāna (narrative episode within the Purana’s instructional frame), rather than direct Sarga/Pratisarga/Manvantara/Vamśa exposition. It functions as a framing incident that leads into dharma-teaching.
The ‘parentless’ fledglings symbolically point to beings who appear severed from worldly supports (mother/father = immediate causes), yet are upheld by subtler causality—dharma, karma, and the cosmic order. The rishi uprooting the clump can also signify the probing of surface reality to uncover the hidden structure beneath, a prelude to receiving wisdom from unexpected sources.