Shloka 57
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
वीणावेणुस्वनं गीतं किन्नराणां मनोरमम् । अङ्गाह्लादकरो वायुरुष्णान्नमुदकं शुचि ॥
vīṇā-veṇu-svanaṃ gītaṃ kinnarāṇāṃ manoramam | aṅgāhlādakaro vāyur uṣṇānnam udakaṃ śuci ||
„Hier sind der Klang der Vīṇā und der Flöte, die bezaubernden Lieder der Kinnaras; ein Hauch, der die Glieder erfreut; warme Speise und reines Wasser.“
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FAQs
The verse completes the seduction by portraying an environment engineered for comfort and aesthetic pleasure. It implicitly contrasts such indulgence with the disciplined simplicity often associated with brāhmaṇa dharma.
Not pancalakṣaṇa; it is narrative material used to teach dharma through contrast.
Music, breeze, warm food, and pure water symbolize subtle refinements of pleasure—suggesting that bondage is not only through coarse desire but also through ‘pleasantness’ that keeps the mind externally oriented.