Shloka 50
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
प्रशस्यते न प्रवासो ब्राह्मणानां कदाचम । अपराद्धं न मे भीरु देशदर्शनकौतुकम् ॥
praśasyate na pravāso brāhmaṇānāṃ kadācana | aparāddhaṃ na me bhīru deśa-darśana-kautukam ||
ब्राह्मणों के लिए भटकना या परदेश में रहना कभी प्रशंसित नहीं है। हे भीरु, मैंने कोई अपराध नहीं किया; यह तो केवल भिन्न-भिन्न देशों को देखने की जिज्ञासा मात्र है।
{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }
FAQs
The text distinguishes legitimate duty from aimless diversion: even harmless curiosity can become blameworthy if it disrupts obligatory discipline. The brāhmaṇa ideal is stability, study, and regular rites rather than restless roaming.
Not pancalakṣaṇa; it is normative dharma (ācāra) embedded in story.
‘Deśa-darśana’ (sightseeing) can symbolize outward dispersion of attention; dharma calls for inward steadiness and periodicity (daily rites), i.e., gathered mind rather than scattered mind.