Shloka 14
मन्दर-समुद्रमन्थन-वर्णनम् / Description of the Churning of the Ocean with Mount Mandara
।। तयोरण्डानि निदधुः प्रहष्टाः: परिचारिका:,अण्डाभ्यां विनतायास्तु मिथुन न व्यदृश्यत । दासियोंने अत्यन्त प्रसन्न होकर दोनोंके अण्डोंको गरम बर्तनोंमें रख दिया। वे अण्डे पाँच सौ वर्षोतक उन्हीं बर्तनोंमें पड़े रहे। तत्पश्चात् पाँच सौ वर्ष पूरे होनेपर कद्भूके एक हजार पुत्र अण्डोंको फोड़कर बाहर निकल आये; परंतु विनताके अण्डोंसे उसके दो बच्चे निकलते नहीं दिखायी दिये
tayor aṇḍāni nidadhuḥ praharṣṭāḥ paricārikāḥ | aṇḍābhyāṃ vinatāyās tu mithunaṃ na vyadṛśyata ||
Śaunaka said: Delighted, the maidservants placed the two eggs in warm vessels. Yet from Vinatā’s eggs no pair of offspring was seen to emerge. (In the surrounding narrative, the eggs are kept for a long time; Kadrū’s thousand sons hatch, while Vinatā’s children do not appear.)
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The episode highlights the ethical value of patience and trust in the natural unfolding of time: when outcomes are delayed, rash interference can lead to suffering, whereas steadiness and restraint align better with dharma.
Attendants carefully place the eggs in warm vessels. Yet Vinatā’s two offspring do not appear at the expected time, in contrast to Kadru’s brood elsewhere in the story—an imbalance that fuels Vinatā’s anxiety and foreshadows later events involving her sons.