Shloka 18
Karṇa’s Counsel on Śrī
Fortune) and the Proposed Display before the Exiled Pāṇḍavas (कर्णवचनम् / श्रीप्रदर्शन-प्रस्तावः
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ekagrīvaikajaṭharaḥ kumāraḥ samapadyata | dvitīyāyām abhivyaktas tṛtīyāyāṁ śiśur babhūva |
Wika ni Mārkaṇḍeya: “Isang batang lalaki ang nabuo, na may iisang leeg at iisang tiyan. Sa ikalawang yugto siya’y naging malinaw na nahahayag, at sa ikatlo’y lumitaw siyang isang sanggol na ganap ang anyo.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights orderly development and manifestation—events unfold in stages, suggesting that even extraordinary births or transformations proceed according to a discernible sequence within the larger cosmic order.
Mārkaṇḍeya describes the emergence and progressive formation of a child: first the child comes into being with a single neck and belly, then becomes distinctly visible in the second stage, and by the third stage appears as an infant.