Mahābhārata · 2.40.9–10
॥
Devanāgarī
येनोत्सङ्गे गृहीतस्य भुजाव् अभ्यधिकाव् उभौ ॥
पतिष्यतः क्षितितले पञ्चशीर्षाव् इवोरगौ ॥
तृतीयम् एतद् बालस्य ललाटस्थं च लोचनम् ॥
निमज्जिष्यति यं दृष्ट्वा सो ऽस्य मृत्युर् भविष्यति ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
yenotsaṅge gṛhītasya bhujāv abhyadhikāv ubhau ||
patiṣyataḥ kṣititale pañcaśīrṣāv ivoragau ||
tṛtīyam etad bālasya lalāṭasthaṃ ca locanam ||
nimajjiṣyati yaṃ dṛṣṭvā so 'sya mṛtyur bhaviṣyati ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
येन उत्सङ्गे गृहीतस्यyena utsaṅge gṛhītasya"in whose lap, when the child is taken up,
भुजाव् अभ्यधिकाव् उभौbhujāv abhyadhikāv ubhauboth extra arms
पतिष्यतः क्षिति-तलेpatiṣyataḥ kṣiti-taleshall fall to the ground,
पञ्च-शीर्षाव् इव उरगौpañca-śīrṣāv iva uragaulike five-headed serpents,
तृतीयम् एतद् बालस्यtṛtīyam etad bālasyaand this third eye of the child,
ललाट-स्थं च लोचनम्lalāṭa-sthaṃ ca locanamset upon the forehead, [there]
निमज्जिष्यति यं दृष्ट्वाnimajjiṣyati yaṃ dṛṣṭvāshall sink in [disappear] -- seeing whom,
सो अस्य मृत्युर् भविष्यतिso asya mṛtyur bhaviṣyatihe will be his death.".
येनोत्सङ्गेyenotsaṅgeoriginal form "yenotsaṅge", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
क्षितितलेkṣititaleoriginal form "kṣititale", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पञ्चशीर्षाव्pañcaśīrṣāvoriginal form "pañcaśīrṣāv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इवोरगौivoragauoriginal form "ivoragau", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ललाटस्थंlalāṭasthaṃoriginal form "lalāṭasthaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽस्य'syaoriginal form "'sya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
"He in whose lap, when the child is taken up, both extra arms shall fall to the ground like five-headed serpents, and the third eye upon his forehead shall sink in and vanish -- he, upon being seen, will be his death."
Versión
9151b1a70563 · publicado 16 jul 2026, 15:40:28 UTC
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The omen of death is at the same time an omen of healing: at the encounter with the one destined, the deformity will fall away -- the extra arms will drop off, the third eye will close. Tellingly, the one named "death" is also the one whose touch restores the form to its natural state. The verse reveals a mystery: destroyer and deliverer are one; at the touch of the Lord the misshapen becomes whole, and the one who will bring the end first shows mercy, lifting the mark of monstrousness. Thus death itself, from the hand of the Supreme, appears not merely as punishment but as completion, in which the creature returns to what it should be; and the Lord's approach heals before it strikes.