ब्रह्मांडं संवृतं ह्येतत्कटाहेन समंततः । कपित्थस्य यथा बीजं कटाहेन सुसंवृतम्
brahmāṃḍaṃ saṃvṛtaṃ hyetatkaṭāhena samaṃtataḥ | kapitthasya yathā bījaṃ kaṭāhena susaṃvṛtam
ພຣະອັນດະໂລກ (ໄຂ່ແຫ່ງຈັກກະວານ) ນີ້ ຖືກຫຸ້ມລ້ອມທຸກດ້ານດ້ວຍເປືອກດັ່ງກະທະ (ຄືຄອກຫມໍ້). ເຫມືອນເມັດຜົນກະປິດຖະ (kapittha) ທີ່ຖືກເປືອກແຂງຫຸ້ມໄວ້ແນ່ນຫນາ.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages
Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)
Scene: A vast luminous brahmāṇḍa depicted as an egg-like sphere encased in a dark, cauldron-thick shell; beside it, a wood-apple (kapittha) cut open showing a tightly enclosed seed—visual analogy linking micro and macro.
The cosmos is depicted as a bounded, ordered system—an image that supports contemplation on the vastness yet finitude of manifested creation.
None; this is a cosmological analogy.
None.