Shloka 42
Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank
नासिक्यं चापि मे जन्म त्वत्त: परममुच्यते । अण्डजं चापि मे जन्म त्वत्त: षछं विनिर्मितम्
nāsikyaṃ cāpi me janma tvattaḥ param ucyate | aṇḍajaṃ cāpi me janma tvattaḥ ṣaṣṭhaṃ vinirmitam ||
« Ma naissance issue de ta narine est aussi célébrée comme ma cinquième naissance, la plus excellente. Ensuite, c’est toi qui me fis surgir comme né de l’Œuf cosmique ; telle fut ma sixième naissance. »
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames identity and authority through sacred origins: multiple births are narrated to establish a being’s exceptional status and the creative power of the progenitor, emphasizing a cosmic order where creation and lineage carry ethical and spiritual weight.
The speaker recounts successive modes of coming into existence—first as ‘nostril-born’ (counted as the fifth birth), and then as ‘egg-born’ from the cosmic egg (the sixth birth)—as part of a larger mythic genealogy being related in the Śānti Parva.