Shloka 2
Adhyaya 3 — Birth of the Birds
मासमात्रेण जग्मुस्ते भानोः स्यन्दनवर्त्मनि ।
कौतूहलविलोलाक्षैर्दृष्टा मुनिकुमारकैः ॥
māsamātreṇa jagmus te bhānoḥ syandanavartmani | kautūhalavilolākṣair dṛṣṭā munikumārakaiḥ ||
ഒരു മാസത്തിനുള്ളിൽ തന്നെ അവർ സൂര്യരഥത്തിന്റെ പാതയിലൂടെ സഞ്ചരിച്ചു; കൗതുകംകൊണ്ട് ചഞ്ചലമായ കണ്ണുകളുള്ള കുമാരമുനിമാർ അവരെ കണ്ടു।
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FAQs
The verse highlights the Purāṇic sense of a cosmos that is ordered and traversable: travel is not merely physical but aligned to a higher, luminous ‘course’ (the Sun’s path). The reaction of the munikumāras—curiosity rather than fear—models a dhārmic attitude of inquiry (jijñāsā) toward extraordinary phenomena.
This verse is best classified under ancillary narrative supporting cosmological orientation rather than a direct pañcalakṣaṇa unit. Indirectly it gestures toward ‘manvantara’/‘vaṃśa’ style narration by positioning events within a cosmic framework (the Sun’s course), but it is not itself sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita.
‘Bhānoḥ syandanavartman’ can be read symbolically as movement along the axis of illumination—alignment with sattva and clarity. The ‘roving eyes of curiosity’ in the munikumāras suggests the initial, restless stage of seeking, where wonder draws the mind toward higher knowledge, preparing it for steadier contemplation.