Shloka 18
Adhyaya 64 — Kalavati (Vibhavari) Offers Herself and the Padmini Vidya to Svarocisha
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
एवमस्त्विति तामाह स तु कन्यां कलावतीम् ।
विभावर्याः कलावत्याः स्निग्धदृष्ट्यानुमोदितः ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca evam astv iti tām āha sa tu kanyāṃ kalāvatīm / vibhāvaryāḥ kalāvatyāḥ snigdhadṛṣṭyānumoditaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya dit : Il lui répondit : « Qu’il en soit ainsi. » Puis il accepta la jeune fille Kalāvatī, avec l’approbation de Vibhāvarī ; et Kalāvatī le regarda d’un œil plein d’affection.
FAQs
The emphasis on ‘anumodita’ (approval) underscores social-ethical legitimacy: unions/major decisions are portrayed as requiring harmonious consent rather than coercion.
Manvantara/vaṃśānucarita-type narrative: interpersonal events illustrate the moral texture of an epoch rather than cosmogenesis.
Affectionate assent symbolizes the alignment of wills—when inner and outer approvals coincide, the bestowed vidyā ‘settles’ without friction.