Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati
जज्ञे निश्वसतः सद्यस्तद्रूपा मध्यमात् फणात् ।
न चापि कथयामास कंस्यचित् स भुजङ्गमः ॥
jajñe niśvasataḥ sadyas tadrūpā madhyamāt phaṇāt |
na cāpi kathayāmāsa kaṃsyacit sa bhujaṅgamaḥ ||
جوں ہی اس نے سانس باہر نکالا، اسی صورت کا ایک وجود سانپ کے درمیانی پھن سے فوراً پیدا ہوا۔ اور اس ناگ نے یہ بات کسی سے بھی ذرا بھر نہ کہی۔
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Secrecy here functions as a narrative engine: extraordinary power/events are kept hidden, implying that disclosure is not always dharmically prudent when it risks disorder or harm.
This is not a doctrinal pancalakṣaṇa segment; it is carita (narrative episode) that may sit within a broader genealogical or moral arc.
Birth from ‘breath’ and ‘hood’ evokes prāṇa and nāga imagery: prāṇic impulse (niśvāsa) producing form, and the phaṇa (raised hood) as an emblem of awakened potency and protection.