Shloka 73
Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati
जज्ञे निश्वसतः सद्यस्तद्रूपा मध्यमात् फणात् ।
न चापि कथयामास कंस्यचित् स भुजङ्गमः ॥
jajñe niśvasataḥ sadyas tadrūpā madhyamāt phaṇāt |
na cāpi kathayāmāsa kaṃsyacit sa bhujaṅgamaḥ ||
ولما زفر، وُلد في الحال من القلنسوة الوسطى للحية كائنٌ على تلك الهيئة نفسها. ولم يُخبر ذلك الثعبان أحدًا بهذا الأمر قط.
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FAQs
Secrecy here functions as a narrative engine: extraordinary power/events are kept hidden, implying that disclosure is not always dharmically prudent when it risks disorder or harm.
This is not a doctrinal pancalakṣaṇa segment; it is carita (narrative episode) that may sit within a broader genealogical or moral arc.
Birth from ‘breath’ and ‘hood’ evokes prāṇa and nāga imagery: prāṇic impulse (niśvāsa) producing form, and the phaṇa (raised hood) as an emblem of awakened potency and protection.