Shloka 5
शुकस्य मिथिलागमनम् (Śukasya Mithilāgamanam) — Śuka’s Journey to Mithilā and the Courtly Test
चतुर्विधं महीपाल निर्दहत्याशु तेजसा | जरायुजाण्डजस्वेदजोद्धिज्जं च नराधिप
caturvidhaṃ mahīpāla nirdahaty āśu tejasā | jarāyujāṇḍajasvedajodbhijjaṃ ca narādhipa ||
যাজ্ঞবল্ক্য বললেন—হে নরাধিপ! তার প্রখর তেজে সে অচিরেই চতুর্বিধ জীবসমূহকে দগ্ধ করে—জরায়ুজ, অণ্ডজ, স্বেদজ ও উদ্ভিজ্জ।
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the overwhelming force of tejas (fiery energy/power): it can swiftly destroy all categories of embodied life, reminding the listener of the fragility of beings and the need for restraint, discernment, and dharmic conduct in wielding power.
Yājñavalkya addresses a king and describes how a powerful, blazing force rapidly consumes living beings of every traditional birth-category (womb-born, egg-born, moisture-born, and earth-sprout-born), as part of a broader instruction on the nature and effects of potent energies.