Shloka 34

Adhyaya 2 — The Lineage of Garuda and the Birth of the Wise Birds: Kanka and Kandhara

Sanskrit

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तार्क्षो गर्भमवाप ह ।

सप्तपक्षाहिते गर्भे कुरुक्षेत्रं जगाम सा ॥

Transliteration

kasyacit tv atha kālasya tārkṣo garbham avāpa ha | saptapakṣāhite garbhe kurukṣetraṃ jagāma sā ||

Translation

ຕໍ່ມາອີກໄລຍະໜຶ່ງ ຕາຣກສາ (Tārkṣā) ໄດ້ຖືພາ. ເມື່ອນາງອຸ້ມຄັນໄດ້ເຈັດຄູ່ປັກ (fortnights) ນາງໄດ້ໄປຍັງ ກຸຣຸກເຩຕຣ (Kurukṣetra).

Word by Word

• कस्यचित्: of some
• कस्यचित्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: सर्वनाम-शब्दः; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular); अनिर्दिष्ट-विशेषणार्थे ‘कस्यचित्’ = ‘of some’

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: सम्बन्ध (निपात/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle; contrast/emphasis)

• अथ: then
• अथ: सम्बन्ध (काल/क्रम-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भार्थक (indeclinable; then/now)

• कालस्य: of time
• कालस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तार्क्षः: Tārkṣa (Garuda)
• तार्क्षः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तार्क्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• गर्भम्: womb/embryo
• गर्भम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अवाप: obtained/reached
• अवाप: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव् + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; धातु: आप् (to obtain) उपसर्ग: अव-

• ह: indeed
• ह: सम्बन्ध (निपात/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; स्मरण/ख्यात्यर्थक (particle; indeed/it is said)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: विशेषण (Adjectival modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याविशेषण; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (numeral used adjectivally)

• पक्ष: fortnight/wing (here: fortnight)
• पक्ष: सम्बन्ध (समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; (समासाङ्ग/पूर्वपद) ‘सप्तपक्ष-’ इत्यत्र

• आहिते: placed/kept
• आहिते: अधिकरण (Adhikarana/Locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + धा (धातु) → आहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘गर्भे’ इति विशेषणम्

• गर्भे: in the womb
• गर्भे: अधिकरण (Adhikarana/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कुरुक्षेत्रम्: Kurukṣetra
• कुरुक्षेत्रम्: कर्म (Karma/Object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कुरूणां क्षेत्रम्)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सा: she
• सा: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speakers

• Narratorial voice within the Markandeya Purana’s ongoing account (specific interlocutors not identifiable from this single verse alone)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Itihāsa-like narration
• Sacred geography (Kurukṣetra)
• Genealogy and life-cycle events (conception/pregnancy)
• Pilgrimage / kṣetra-māhātmya undertone

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse quietly links life-cycle transitions (conception and gestation) with dhārmic space: the move toward Kurukṣetra suggests that pivotal human (or semi-divine) events are ideally aligned with sacred places and auspicious timing, reflecting a worldview where geography and morality interpenetrate.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Primarily Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita (genealogies and dynastic/narrative accounts), with a secondary kṣetra-oriented note (tīrtha/holy-place emphasis) rather than sarga/pratisarga or explicit manvantara cataloging in this verse.

What is the esoteric significance?

Garbha (embryo) symbolism often represents the ‘hidden’ formation of destiny (dharma-in-seed form). The ‘seven fortnights’ marker can function as a ritual-chronological cue, while Kurukṣetra—archetypally a dharma-kṣetra—signals that the unfolding birth or future event is being oriented toward a field of righteousness and karmic resolution.