ब्रह्मांडं संवृतं ह्येतत्कटाहेन समंततः । कपित्थस्य यथा बीजं कटाहेन सुसंवृतम्
brahmāṃḍaṃ saṃvṛtaṃ hyetatkaṭāhena samaṃtataḥ | kapitthasya yathā bījaṃ kaṭāhena susaṃvṛtam
此宇宙之卵确被四面周匝的“釜状”外壳所包裹;正如木苹果(kapittha)之种子,被其坚硬外皮紧紧封藏。
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages
Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)
Scene: A vast luminous brahmāṇḍa depicted as an egg-like sphere encased in a dark, cauldron-thick shell; beside it, a wood-apple (kapittha) cut open showing a tightly enclosed seed—visual analogy linking micro and macro.
The cosmos is depicted as a bounded, ordered system—an image that supports contemplation on the vastness yet finitude of manifested creation.
None; this is a cosmological analogy.
None.