Shloka 45
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
पादलेपोऽत्र मे ध्वस्तो विलीनो हिमवारिणा । यस्यानुभावादत्राहमागतो मदिरेक्षणे ॥
pādalepo 'tra me dhvasto विलīno himavāriṇā / yasyānubhāvād atrāham āgato madirekṣaṇe
“Aquí mi ungüento para los pies se ha arruinado—disuelto por el agua fría. ¿Por la influencia de quién he venido hasta aquí, oh de ojos como vino?”
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FAQs
The verse shows how attraction expresses itself through ornamented speech and suggestive address; it also hints at unseen causality (‘anubhāva’) that draws beings together—inviting reflection on karma and impulse.
Ākhyāna/Upākhyāna; interpersonal dialogue rather than cosmology or lineage.
‘Cold water dissolving the ointment’ can symbolize the washing away of prior protections/intentions when one enters a charged encounter; the ‘whose influence’ points to subtle forces (saṃskāra/kāma) guiding movement.