Vamana Purana — Narada Questions Pulastya, Shloka 22
Narada Questions Pulastya: The Vamana Purana Begins and Satī’s Monsoon Lament
नीलैश्च मेघैश्च समावृतं नभः पुष्षैश्च सर्ज्जा मुकुलैश्च नीपाः फलैश्च बिल्वाः पयसा तथापगाः पत्रैः सपद्मैश्च महासरांसि
nīlaiśca meghaiśca samāvṛtaṃ nabhaḥ puṣṣaiśca sarjjā mukulaiśca nīpāḥ phalaiśca bilvāḥ payasā tathāpagāḥ patraiḥ sapadmaiśca mahāsarāṃsi
Der Himmel ist von dunklen Wolken bedeckt; die Śarjja-Bäume sind voller Blüten; die Nīpa-Bäume voller Knospen. Die Bilva-Bäume tragen reichlich Früchte; die Flüsse strömen wasserreich; und die großen Seen sind von Blättern und Lotosblüten bedeckt.
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FAQs
The verse sets a worldly, auspicious seasonal scene—abundance in trees and waters—often used to motivate domestic comfort. In the ensuing dialogue, this external prosperity becomes a foil for Śiva’s ascetic non-possessiveness, highlighting vairāgya and contentment independent of material conditions.
This is not sarga/pratisarga material; it belongs more to ākhyāna (narrative discourse) and dharma/ācāra-oriented instruction by exemplifying an ascetic ethic through dialogue—closest to didactic narrative within vamśānucarita/charita-style sections rather than cosmogenesis.
Clouds, fruits, and lotus-filled lakes symbolize the fullness of saṃsāric life—beauty, fertility, and comfort. The text uses such fullness to test or contrast Śiva’s stance: true ‘wealth’ is inner tranquility, not accumulation.