Shloka 8
Adhyaya 2 — The Lineage of Garuda and the Birth of the Wise Birds: Kanka and Kandhara
कङ्क उवाच साधारणोऽयं शैलेन्द्रो यथा तव तथा मम । अन्येषां चैव जन्तूनां ममता भवतोऽत्र का ॥
kaṅka uvāca sādhāraṇo 'yaṃ śailendro yathā tava tathā mama / anyeṣāṃ caiva jantūnāṃ mamatā bhavato 'tra kā
کَنک نے کہا— “یہ پہاڑوں کا راجا سب کے لیے مشترک ہے؛ جیسے یہ تمہارا ہے ویسے ہی میرا بھی— اور دوسرے جانداروں کا بھی۔ پھر یہاں تمہاری ملکیت کی ضد کیسی؟”
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FAQs
The verse challenges ‘mamatā’ (the sense of “mine”) by pointing out that natural supports like mountains are not privately owned; they sustain many beings. Ethically, it promotes restraint, humility, and a dharmic view of shared resources rather than possessive appropriation.
This verse is primarily didactic/ethical instruction within the Purāṇic dialogue framework rather than a direct treatment of the five marks (sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita). It aligns most closely with vaṃśānucarita only indirectly as part of the narrative discourse, but functionally it is a dharma-upadeśa (ethical teaching).
The ‘mountain’ can symbolize the stable ground of existence (prakṛti / the world-order) that no individual truly possesses. The bird’s perspective functions as a corrective to egoic appropriation: when the self is seen as a participant in a wider web of beings, grasping relaxes and discernment (viveka) increases.