Shloka 39
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
दृष्टा देवास्तथा दैत्याḥ सिद्धगन्धर्वपन्नगाः । कथमेकोऽपि नास्त्यस्य तुल्यरूपो महात्मनः ॥
dṛṣṭā devās tathā daityāḥ siddhagandharvapannagāḥ / katham eko 'pi nāsty asya tulyarūpo mahātmanaḥ
「わたしは神々を見、またダイティヤ、シッダ、ガンダルヴァ、そして蛇族をも見てきた——それなのに、この大いなる魂の人に姿かたちで等しい者が、なぜ一人としていないのか。」
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FAQs
The mind universalizes its fixation—having surveyed many ‘classes of beings,’ it still finds no equal. This shows how desire tends to absolutize the object, a common cognitive distortion noted in dharma literature.
Ākhyāna/Upākhyāna; it is not genealogical or cosmological enumeration, but a narrative use of cosmic categories to intensify characterization.
Listing devas, daityas, siddhas, gandharvas, and nāgas symbolically spans multiple realms of experience; the claim of ‘no equal’ suggests the binding power of māyā when the psyche projects perfection onto a single form.