Shloka 8
Adhyaya 2 — The Lineage of Garuda and the Birth of the Wise Birds: Kanka and Kandhara
कङ्क उवाच साधारणोऽयं शैलेन्द्रो यथा तव तथा मम । अन्येषां चैव जन्तूनां ममता भवतोऽत्र का ॥
kaṅka uvāca sādhāraṇo 'yaṃ śailendro yathā tava tathā mama / anyeṣāṃ caiva jantūnāṃ mamatā bhavato 'tra kā
ကင်္ကာက ပြော၏— “ဤအရှင်တောင်သည် အားလုံးအတွက် အများပိုင်ဖြစ်၏။ မင်းအတွက်လည်း ငါ့အတွက်လည်း တူညီသကဲ့သို့ အခြားသတ္တဝါတို့အတွက်လည်း ဖြစ်၏။ ထို့ကြောင့် ဒီမှာ မင်းမှာ ဘာပိုင်ဆိုင်မှုစိတ် ရှိနိုင်သနည်း?”
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FAQs
The verse challenges ‘mamatā’ (the sense of “mine”) by pointing out that natural supports like mountains are not privately owned; they sustain many beings. Ethically, it promotes restraint, humility, and a dharmic view of shared resources rather than possessive appropriation.
This verse is primarily didactic/ethical instruction within the Purāṇic dialogue framework rather than a direct treatment of the five marks (sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita). It aligns most closely with vaṃśānucarita only indirectly as part of the narrative discourse, but functionally it is a dharma-upadeśa (ethical teaching).
The ‘mountain’ can symbolize the stable ground of existence (prakṛti / the world-order) that no individual truly possesses. The bird’s perspective functions as a corrective to egoic appropriation: when the self is seen as a participant in a wider web of beings, grasping relaxes and discernment (viveka) increases.