Shloka 18
Karṇa’s Counsel on Śrī
Fortune) and the Proposed Display before the Exiled Pāṇḍavas (कर्णवचनम् / श्रीप्रदर्शन-प्रस्तावः
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ekagrīvaikajaṭharaḥ kumāraḥ samapadyata | dvitīyāyām abhivyaktas tṛtīyāyāṁ śiśur babhūva |
Markandeya said: “A boy came into being, having but a single neck and a single belly. In the second stage he became clearly manifest, and by the third he appeared as a well-formed infant.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights orderly development and manifestation—events unfold in stages, suggesting that even extraordinary births or transformations proceed according to a discernible sequence within the larger cosmic order.
Mārkaṇḍeya describes the emergence and progressive formation of a child: first the child comes into being with a single neck and belly, then becomes distinctly visible in the second stage, and by the third stage appears as an infant.