Shloka 16
अण्डजातं तु ब्रह्माणं केचिदिच्छन्त्यपण्डिता: । अण्डाद् भिन्नाद् बभु: शैला दिशो5म्भ:पृथिवी दिवम्
aṇḍajātaṃ tu brahmāṇaṃ kecid icchanty apaṇḍitāḥ | aṇḍād bhinnād babhūḥ śailā diśo 'mbhaḥ pṛthivī divam ||
Arjuna said: Some unlearned people assert that Brahmā was born from an egg. They claim that when the egg split open, mountains, the directions, the waters, the earth, and the heaven came into being.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse critiques speculative cosmological claims presented without true learning or discernment, implying that views about ultimate origins should be grounded in reliable knowledge and disciplined inquiry rather than mere assertion.
Arjuna speaks, reporting a view held by some people—that Brahmā and the world-elements arose from a split cosmic egg—and labels such proponents as 'unlearned,' using the claim as an example of misguided understanding.