Shloka 11
Adhyaya 62 — The Fire-God Enters the Brahmin Youth; Varuthini’s Love-Sickness and Kali’s Disguise
क्वागताहमिमं शैलं दुष्टदैवबलात्कृता ।
क्व च प्राप्तः स मे दृष्टेर्गोचरं तादृशो नरः ॥
kvāgatāham imaṃ śailaṃ duṣṭadaiva-balātkṛtā |
kva ca prāptaḥ sa me dṛṣṭer-gocaraṃ tādṛśo naraḥ ||
Wohin bin ich gekommen—auf diesen Berg—getrieben von der Macht eines grausamen Geschicks? Und wohin ist nun jener edle Mann gegangen, der in den Bereich meines Blickes trat?
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FAQs
The verse dramatizes how attributing suffering solely to ‘daiva’ can intensify helplessness; Purāṇic narratives often present this as a prelude to either counsel, tapas, or a corrective action restoring agency.
Primarily narrative (ākhyāna) rather than cosmological structuring; it supports vaṃśānucarita-like storytelling rather than sarga/manvantara exposition.
‘Mountain’ can signify the hard, elevated mind-state where emotions echo; the beloved ‘seen’ then lost mirrors the fleeting glimpse of an ideal that, without steadiness (dhairya), becomes torment.