Shloka 54
इन्द्रस्य दुःखप्राप्तिः—त्रिशिरोवधः, वृत्रोत्पत्तिः, जृम्भिकाजननम्
Indra’s Distress: Slaying of Triśiras, Birth of Vṛtra, and the Origin of Yawning
स्वान्यड्रान्यभिसंक्षिप्य निष्क्रान्तो बलनाशन: । ततः प्रभूृति लोकस्य जृम्भिका प्राणसंश्रिता
svāny aṅgāny abhisaṅkṣipya niṣkrānto balanāśanaḥ | tataḥ prabhṛti lokasya jṛmbhikā prāṇasaṃśritā ||
Śalya nói: “Thu mình lại, co rút các chi thể, Indra—kẻ tiêu diệt sức mạnh thù địch—đã lách ra ngoài. Từ đó về sau, năng lực của cơn ngáp (jṛmbhikā) ngự trong sinh khí (prāṇa) của mọi loài hữu tình.”
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even ordinary bodily phenomena are presented as rooted in cosmic history: the verse links a universal impulse (yawning) to prāṇa, suggesting that life-breath pervades all beings and that self-mastery and timely contraction/withdrawal can be a means of protection and success.
In a mythic account, Indra is described as escaping by contracting his limbs; thereafter, the force called jṛmbhikā (yawning) is said to have taken residence in the life-breaths of all people, explaining why yawning is universal.