Mahābhārata · 2.16.34–35
॥
Devanāgarī
अथ काले महाप्राज्ञ यथासमयम् आगते ॥
प्रजायेताम् उभे राजञ् शरीरशकले तदा ॥
एकाक्षिबाहुचरणे अर्धोदरमुखस्फिजे ॥
दृष्ट्वा शरीरशकले प्रवेपाते उभे भृशम् ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
atha kāle mahāprājña yathāsamayam āgate ||
prajāyetām ubhe rājañ śarīraśakale tadā ||
ekākṣibāhucaraṇe ardhodaramukhasphije ||
dṛṣṭvā śarīraśakale pravepāte ubhe bhṛśam ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
अथ काले महा-प्राज्ञatha kāle mahā-prājñaand then, in due time, O most wise one,
यथा-समयम् आगतेyathā-samayam āgatewhen the appointed time had come,
प्रजायेताम् उभे राजन्prajāyetām ubhe rājanboth gave birth, O king,
शरीर-शकले तदाśarīra-śakale tadāeach to a bodily half then;
एक-अक्षि-बाहु-चरणेeka-akṣi-bāhu-caraṇewith one eye, arm, leg,
अर्ध-उदर-मुख-स्फिजेardha-udara-mukha-sphijewith half of belly, face, hip;
दृष्ट्वा शरीर-शकलेdṛṣṭvā śarīra-śakaleseeing those bodily halves,
प्रवेपाते उभे भृशम्pravepāte ubhe bhṛśamboth trembled greatly;
महाप्राज्ञmahāprājñaoriginal form "mahāprājña", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यथासमयम्yathāsamayamoriginal form "yathāsamayam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
राजञ्rājañoriginal form "rājañ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शरीरशकलेśarīraśakaleoriginal form "śarīraśakale", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एकाक्षिबाहुचरणेekākṣibāhucaraṇeoriginal form "ekākṣibāhucaraṇe", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अर्धोदरमुखस्फिजेardhodaramukhasphijeoriginal form "ardhodaramukhasphije", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शरीरशकलेśarīraśakaleoriginal form "śarīraśakale", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
"And so, in due time, when the appointed hour had come, both gave birth, O king, each to a bodily half — with one eye, arm, and leg, with half a belly, face, and hip; and seeing those bodily halves, both trembled greatly."
Versión
0e6aa1105837 · publicado 16 jul 2026, 15:13:23 UTC
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Here the gift turns into horror: instead of a son, two living halves. It is significant that grace, refracted through human calculation [the dividing of the fruit], yields a monstrous outcome: good, divided without wisdom, brings forth the maimed. The verse shows that even mercy requires wise reception; and next, the frightened mothers reject what was born.