Shloka 27
Adhyaya 71 — The King’s Remorse and the Sage’s Counsel on the Necessity of a Wife
तन्मुहूर्तेऽभवच्चन्द्रस्तस्याः सोमसुतस्तथा ।
परस्परविपक्षौ तौ ततः पार्थिव ! ते भृशम् ॥
tanmuhūrte ’bhavac candras tasyāḥ somasutas tathā | parasparavipakṣau tau tataḥ pārthiva! te bhṛśam ||
അന്നേ നിമിഷം ചന്ദ്രൻ (സോമൻ) ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു; അതുപോലെ അവന്റെ പുത്രൻ—സോമപുത്രനും ജനിച്ചു. തുടർന്ന്, ഹേ രാജാവേ, അവർ ഇരുവരും പരസ്പരം ഭീകര ശത്രുക്കളായി മാറി.
FAQs
Even beings of high stature can fall into mutual opposition; the verse functions as a caution that rivalry can arise immediately with the emergence of power or lineage, and thus must be governed by dharma rather than impulsive hostility.
Primarily Manvantara (accounts situated in a particular Manu’s era) with an etiological/genealogical flavor (Vaṁśa/Anucarita-type narration about origins and ensuing relations).
The Moon often symbolizes the mind (manas) and Soma the sap/nectar of consciousness; ‘mutual enmity’ can be read as inner polarity—competing impulses arising together and requiring dharmic integration.