Shloka 28
Adhyaya 3 — The Dharmapakshis’ Past-Life Curse and Indra’s Test of Truthfulness
ऋषिरुवाच कौमारं ते व्यतिक्रान्तमतितं यौवनञ्च ते ।
वयसः परिणामस्ते वर्तते नूनमण्डज ॥
ṛṣir uvāca kaumāraṃ te vyatikrāntam atītaṃ yauvanañ ca te / vayasaḥ pariṇāmas te vartate nūnam aṇḍaja
முனிவர் கூறினார்—“உன் பால்யம் கடந்தது; உன் யௌவனமும் நிச்சயமாக முடிந்தது. முட்டையிலிருந்து பிறந்தவனே (பறவியே), இப்போது வயதின் பரிணாமம்—முதுமை—உன்னை அணைந்துள்ளது.”
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FAQs
The verse foregrounds impermanence: childhood and youth inevitably pass, and one should recognize the onset of maturity/aging. In Purāṇic didactic style, such recognition typically functions as a spur to dharma—prompting serious reflection, restraint, and pursuit of meaningful aims (dharma, and ultimately mokṣa-oriented discernment).
This verse is primarily didactic dialogue rather than a direct statement of the five Purāṇic characteristics (sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita). It best aligns with ancillary instruction framing the narrative (upodghāta) that supports later vaṃśa/manvantara materials, but it is not itself a pancalakṣaṇa datum.
“Aṇḍaja” (egg-born) can symbolically point to embodied life emerging from a limited ‘shell’ of conditioning; the ‘pariṇāma’ (transformation) of age indicates the inexorable workings of kāla (time). Esoterically, the verse hints that awakening begins when one perceives time’s pressure on the body-mind and turns toward enduring truth rather than transient vigor.