Shloka 8
Uttarā-diśā Māhātmya — Suparṇa’s Praise of the Northern Quarter
Suparṇa–Gālava Saṃvāda
अत्र देवीं दितिं सुप्तामात्मप्रसवधारिणीम् । विगर्भामकरोच्छक्रो यत्र जातो मरुद्गण:
atra devīṃ ditiṃ suptām ātma-prasava-dhāriṇīm | vigarbhām akaroc chakro yatra jāto marud-gaṇaḥ ||
ဤနေရာ၌ပင် ရှကရ (အိန္ဒြ) သည် အိပ်ပျော်နေပြီး ကိုယ်ဝန်ဆောင်ထားသော ဒိတိဒေဝီကို တွေ့၍၊ သူမ၏ ဝမ်းအတွင်းသို့ ဝင်ကာ သန္ဓေကို ဖြတ်တောက်ဖျက်ဆီး၍ ‘ဝမ်းမရှိသူ’ ဖြစ်စေခဲ့သည်။ ထိုအမှုမှ မရုတ်တပ်စု ပေါ်ပေါက်လာ၏။
युपर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the tension between ends and means in dharma: even a ruler of the gods may commit a covert, harmful act to avert a perceived threat and preserve order, prompting reflection on whether ‘cosmic necessity’ can justify violence and deceit.
The speaker points out a specific location associated with a famous myth: Indra (Śakra) found Diti asleep while pregnant, entered her womb, destroyed the fetus, and from the divided embryo the Maruts were born.