Vamana Purana — Kurukshetra & Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 35
Kurukshetra, Pṛthūdaka Tīrtha, and the Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa with Tapatī
उभौ तौ पीडितौ मोहं जग्मतुः काममार्गणैः राजा चलासनो भूम्यां निपपात तुरङ्गमात्
ubhau tau pīḍitau mohaṃ jagmatuḥ kāmamārgaṇaiḥ rājā calāsano bhūmyāṃ nipapāta turaṅgamāt
উভয়েই কামদেবের শরবিদ্ধ হয়ে মোহে পতিত হল। রাজার আসন টলমল হয়ে গেল, আর তিনি অশ্ব থেকে ভূমিতে পড়ে গেলেন।
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FAQs
Desire (kāma), when ungoverned, destabilizes discernment (viveka) and bodily composure alike; the king’s physical fall mirrors the inner fall into moha, warning that rulers and householders must cultivate restraint to preserve dharma.
Vamśānucarita / narrative episode: it functions as an illustrative incident within the ongoing story-world rather than cosmogony (sarga) or dissolution (pralaya).
The ‘arrows of Kāma’ symbolize sensory impulses that pierce the mind; the horse (often emblematic of the senses or prāṇa in broader Indic symbolism) throwing the rider suggests the senses overpowering the self when mastery is lost.