Shloka 34
Adhyaya 2 — The Lineage of Garuda and the Birth of the Wise Birds: Kanka and Kandhara
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तार्क्षो गर्भमवाप ह ।
सप्तपक्षाहिते गर्भे कुरुक्षेत्रं जगाम सा ॥
kasyacit tv atha kālasya tārkṣo garbham avāpa ha | saptapakṣāhite garbhe kurukṣetraṃ jagāma sā ||
过了一段时日，塔尔克莎（Tārkṣā）怀了胎。她怀孕满七个半月期（七个半月段）后，便前往俱卢之野——库鲁克舍特拉（Kurukṣetra）。
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FAQs
The verse quietly links life-cycle transitions (conception and gestation) with dhārmic space: the move toward Kurukṣetra suggests that pivotal human (or semi-divine) events are ideally aligned with sacred places and auspicious timing, reflecting a worldview where geography and morality interpenetrate.
Primarily Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita (genealogies and dynastic/narrative accounts), with a secondary kṣetra-oriented note (tīrtha/holy-place emphasis) rather than sarga/pratisarga or explicit manvantara cataloging in this verse.
Garbha (embryo) symbolism often represents the ‘hidden’ formation of destiny (dharma-in-seed form). The ‘seven fortnights’ marker can function as a ritual-chronological cue, while Kurukṣetra—archetypally a dharma-kṣetra—signals that the unfolding birth or future event is being oriented toward a field of righteousness and karmic resolution.