Shloka 5
तत्र बद्धमनोदृष्टिरभवत् सा सुमध्यमा । न चातप्यत रूपेण भानो: संध्यागतस्य सा
tatra baddha-manodṛṣṭir abhavat sā sumadhyamā | na cātapyata rūpeṇa bhānoḥ sandhyāgatasya sā ||
There, the slender-waisted lady became wholly absorbed—her mind and gaze fixed in one place. Even when the sun had reached the hour of twilight, she did not feel the heat upon her body, so intent was she on what she beheld.
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how powerful inner absorption can be: when the mind is intensely fixed, ordinary bodily sensations (like heat) recede. Ethically, it suggests that attention governs experience—disciplined focus can steady one amid external conditions, though uncontrolled fixation can also signal overpowering emotion.
Vaiśaṃpāyana describes a woman standing in a place where her mind and eyes become riveted on something before her. Time passes into twilight, yet she remains so intent that she does not even register the sun’s heat on her body.