Shloka 27
Adhyaya 71 — Madhu-Kaitabha
तन्मुहूर्तेऽभवच्चन्द्रस्तस्याः सोमसुतस्तथा ।
परस्परविपक्षौ तौ ततः पार्थिव ! ते भृशम् ॥
tanmuhūrte ’bhavac candras tasyāḥ somasutas tathā | parasparavipakṣau tau tataḥ pārthiva! te bhṛśam ||
तस्मिन्नेव क्षणे सोमोऽभवत्, तथा तस्य पुत्रोऽपि सोमपुत्रः समुत्पन्नः। ततः परं, राजन्, तौ उभौ परस्परं प्रति घोरौ शत्रू अभवताम्।
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.