Shloka 43
Adhyaya 2 — The Wise Birds
घष्टागतानि तिष्ठन्ति यत्राण्डानि द्विजोत्तम ।
आजगाम तमुद्देशं शमीको नाम संयमी ॥
ghaṣṭāgatāni tiṣṭhanti yatrāṇḍāni dvijottama |
ājagāma tamuddeśaṃ śamīko nāma saṃyamī ||
“Wahai yang terbaik di antara para dwija, ke tempat yang sama di mana telur-telur itu jatuh dan tetap berada, datanglah seorang pertapa yang menahan diri bernama Śamīka.”
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FAQs
The verse foregrounds saṃyama (self-restraint) as the defining trait of a true sage: the narrative advances not by divine spectacle but by the arrival of a disciplined ṛṣi. In Puranic storytelling, such self-mastery is presented as the prerequisite for right judgment and for transmitting dharma.
This verse is best classified under vaṃśānucarita (accounts of sages and their activities) within the broader narrative framework, rather than sarga/pratisarga/manvantara proper. It functions as connective tissue in the Purana’s frame-story progression.
Eggs (aṇḍa) commonly symbolize potentiality and the ‘seed’ of manifestation; their resting-place becomes a charged locus where a saṃyamī arrives—suggesting that latent potential (aṇḍa) is ‘opened’ or made meaningful through disciplined consciousness (saṃyama). The ‘spot’ (uddeśa) thus operates as a symbolic tirtha-like point where narrative causality and inner restraint converge.