Shloka 38
Adhyaya 2 — The Lineage of Garuda and the Birth of the Wise Birds: Kanka and Kandhara
भिन्ने कोष्ठे शशाङ्काभं भूमावण्डचतुष्टयम् ।
आयुषः सावशेषत्वात् तूलराशाविवापतत् ॥
bhinne koṣṭhe śaśāṅkābhaṃ bhūmāv aṇḍacatuṣṭayam /
āyuṣaḥ sāvaśeṣatvāt tūlarāśāv ivāpatat
Ketika lumbung (gudang) itu pecah terbuka, empat benda mirip telur yang tampak putih seperti bulan jatuh ke tanah—bagai tumpukan kapas—sebab sisa waktu hidup tinggal sedikit.
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FAQs
The verse uses a stark omen—objects falling out when a storehouse is breached—to underscore āyuḥ (lifespan) as a measurable, exhaustible allotment. The ethical pressure is toward vigilance: one should not presume continuity, but act dharmically while time remains.
This verse is not directly sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita in itself; it functions as narrative texture within vaṃśānucarita-style storytelling (episodes illustrating human fate and the consequences/portents around life and death).
The ‘four moon-white eggs’ can be read symbolically as subtle “seeds” of embodied experience (aṇḍa as germ/seed), and their falling when the ‘koṣṭha’ breaks suggests the collapse of the body-container at life’s end. The cotton-heap simile emphasizes lightness/dispersion—life’s elements scatter when the binding term (āyuḥ) is nearly spent.