Shloka 20
मन्दर-समुद्रमन्थन-वर्णनम् / Description of the Churning of the Ocean with Mount Mandara
एष च त्वां सुतो मातर्दासीत्वान्मोचयिष्यति । यद्येनमपि मातस्त्वं मामिवाण्डविभेदनात्
eṣa ca tvāṃ suto mātardāsītvān mocayiṣyati | yadyenam api mātastvaṃ mām ivāṇḍavibhedanāt
আর এই পুত্রও, হে মাতা, তোমাকে দাসত্বের অবস্থা থেকে মুক্ত করবে। যদি, হে মাতা, তুমি একেও—যেমন আমাকে—ডিমের ভেদ (ফেটে যাওয়া) থেকে রক্ষা করো…।
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights an ethical appeal grounded in compassion and restraint: sparing another from harm can lead to future liberation and the easing of bondage. Mercy shown now is presented as a cause for later freedom and well-being.
The speaker addresses a mother, stating that a particular son will free her from servitude, and requests that she spare him as she spared the speaker—specifically, by not breaking open the egg (aṇḍa), implying a prior act of restraint that preserved life.