Shloka 28
मान्धातृ-जन्म-चरितम्
The Birth and Career Account of Māndhātṛ
निश्चक्राम महातेजा न च तं मृत्युराविशत् । युवनाश्वचं नरपतिं तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्,तदनन्तर पूरे सौ वर्ष बीतनेपर उन महात्मा राजा युवनाश्वकी बायीं कोख फाड़कर एक सूर्यके समान महातेजस्वी बालक बाहर निकला तथा राजाकी मृत्यु भी नहीं हुई। यह एक अद्भुत-सी बात हुई
niścakrāma mahātejā na ca taṁ mṛtyur āviśat | yuvanāśvaṁ ca narapatiṁ tad adbhutam ivābhavat ||
Sinabi ni Lomaśa: “Isang sanggol na may dakilang ningning ang lumitaw, at hindi siya sinakmal ng kamatayan. Para kay Haring Yuvanāśva, panginoon ng mga tao, ito’y wari’y isang kababalaghan.”
लोमश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the Mahābhārata’s theme that extraordinary, divinely shaped events can suspend ordinary expectations—here, a wondrous birth occurs without the king being overtaken by death—inviting reflection on fate, divine ordinance, and the limits of human prediction.
Lomaśa narrates a miraculous emergence of a highly radiant child, while emphasizing that Death does not ‘enter’ or seize him; the situation involving King Yuvanāśva is described as an astonishing marvel.