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Shloka 42

Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank

नासिक्यं चापि मे जन्म त्वत्त: परममुच्यते । अण्डजं चापि मे जन्म त्वत्त: षछं विनिर्मितम्‌,उसके बाद आपकी नासिकासे मेरा पाँचवाँ उत्तम जन्म बताया जाता है। तदनन्तर मैं आपके द्वारा ब्रह्माण्डसे उत्पन्न किया गया। वह मेरा छठा जन्म था

nāsikyaṃ cāpi me janma tvattaḥ param ucyate | aṇḍajaṃ cāpi me janma tvattaḥ ṣaṣṭhaṃ vinirmitam ||

การบังเกิดของข้าจากรูจมูกของพระองค์ก็กล่าวกันว่าเป็นการบังเกิดครั้งที่ห้า อันประเสริฐยิ่ง แล้วต่อมาข้าถูกพระองค์ให้กำเนิดจากไข่จักรวาล—นั่นคือการบังเกิดครั้งที่หกของข้า

नासिक्यम्nasal (birth/origin) / pertaining to the nose
नासिक्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनासिक्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
मेof me / my
मे:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
जन्मbirth
जन्म:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
त्वत्तःfrom you
त्वत्तः:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
Form—, Ablative, Singular
परम्supreme / excellent
परम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उच्यतेis said / is called
उच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular
अण्डजम्egg-born (birth/origin)
अण्डजम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअण्डज
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
मेof me / my
मे:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
जन्मbirth
जन्म:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
त्वत्तःfrom you
त्वत्तः:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
Form—, Ablative, Singular
षष्ठम्sixth
षष्ठम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootषष्ठ
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
विनिर्मितम्made/created (well fashioned)
विनिर्मितम्:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-निर्मा
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

वैशग्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśaṃpāyana

Educational Q&A

The verse frames identity and authority through sacred origins: multiple births are narrated to establish a being’s exceptional status and the creative power of the progenitor, emphasizing a cosmic order where creation and lineage carry ethical and spiritual weight.

The speaker recounts successive modes of coming into existence—first as ‘nostril-born’ (counted as the fifth birth), and then as ‘egg-born’ from the cosmic egg (the sixth birth)—as part of a larger mythic genealogy being related in the Śānti Parva.