Shloka 5
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
कश्चिद् द्विजातिप्रवरः पुरेऽभूदरुणास्पदे ।
वरुणायास्तटे विप्रो रूपेणात्यश्विनावपि ॥
kaścid dvijāti-pravaraḥ pure 'bhūd aruṇāspade |
varuṇāyās taṭe vipro rūpeṇāty-aśvināv api ||
ಅರುಣಾಸ್ಪದ ಎಂಬ ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಬ್ಬ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ದ್ವಿಜ (ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣ) ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದನು. ವರುಣಾ ನದೀತೀರದಲ್ಲಿ ಆ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣನು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಸುಂದರನಾಗಿದ್ದನು—ಸೌಂದರ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಶ್ವಿನೀಕುಮಾರರಂತೆ.
FAQs
Purāṇas often ground cosmic chronology in exemplary human stories: virtue and learning are introduced through a model brāhmaṇa whose life becomes a vehicle for teaching.
Serves 'Manvantara' narration and can support 'Vaṃśānucarita' indirectly when the episode connects to lineage/era-specific rulers (as the chapter proceeds).
The riverbank setting suggests liminality—a threshold between states. The Aśvin comparison hints at healing and restoration motifs that often accompany dharmic exemplars.