Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 45
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
तं चापि भूयो मदनो जघान विजृण्भणास्त्रेण ततो विजृम्भे ततो भृशं कामशरैर्वितुन्नो विजृम्भमाणः परितो भ्रमंश्च
taṃ cāpi bhūyo madano jaghāna vijṛṇbhaṇāstreṇa tato vijṛmbhe tato bhṛśaṃ kāmaśarairvitunno vijṛmbhamāṇaḥ parito bhramaṃśca
পুনৰ মদনে তাক ‘বিজৃম্ভণ’ অস্ত্ৰে আঘাত কৰিলে; তেতিয়া সি জঁভাই তুলিবলৈ/টলিবলৈ ধৰিলে। তাৰ পাছত কামৰ শৰবোৰে তীব্ৰভাৱে বিদ্ধ কৰি, বাৰে বাৰে জঁভাই তুলি সি চাৰিওফালে ঘূৰি ফুৰিবলৈ ধৰিলে।
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FAQs
Desire (kāma) overpowers not only through ‘pain’ (śara, arrow) but through confusion and loss of steadiness (vijṛmbhaṇa, reeling). The teaching is vigilance: when the mind is made to ‘yawn’ (dull) and wander, discernment collapses.
Narrative episode (Carita) within a larger story-cycle; not a creation/dissolution passage. It functions as dramatic illustration of dharma’s adversaries (inner or outer) using force and delusion.
The ‘Vijṛmbhaṇa’ effect symbolizes tamas (dullness) induced by uncontrolled desire: lethargy, distraction, and circular wandering. Kāma’s arrows are the sharp impulses; the astra is the dulling fog—together they depict bondage.