Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 27
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
ततो वृषध्वजं दृष्ट्वा कन्दर्पः कुसुमायुधः अपत्नीकं तदास्त्रेण उन्मादेनाभ्यताडयत्
tato vṛṣadhvajaṃ dṛṣṭvā kandarpaḥ kusumāyudhaḥ apatnīkaṃ tadāstreṇa unmādenābhyatāḍayat
បន្ទាប់មក កន្ទរពៈ (កាមៈ) អាវុធជាផ្កា បានឃើញព្រះអម្ចាស់មានទង់សញ្ញាគោ (ព្រះសិវៈ) ហើយបានវាយប្រហារ ព្រះអង្គដែលគ្មានភរិយា នោះ ដោយអាវុធរបស់ខ្លួន គឺព្រួយវង្វេង/ឆ្កួតវង្វេង
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FAQs
Desire can ‘strike’ even the great, but its force is ultimately a test of steadiness; the episode frames kāma as a disruptive power that must be governed by discernment and tapas (inner discipline).
Vamśānucarita / didactic narrative: it is an exemplary myth illustrating the workings of kāma and the ascetic ideal, embedded in the Purāṇic story-cycle.
Kāma’s flower-weapon represents pleasurable but binding impressions; the ‘unmāda’ motif signals how desire can manifest as भ्रम (confusion) and agitation, especially in a mind destabilized by grief.