Shloka 18
Adhyaya 64 — Kalavati (Vibhavari) Offers Herself and the Padmini Vidya to Svarocisha
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
एवमस्त्विति तामाह स तु कन्यां कलावतीम् ।
विभावर्याः कलावत्याः स्निग्धदृष्ट्यानुमोदितः ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca evam astv iti tām āha sa tu kanyāṃ kalāvatīm / vibhāvaryāḥ kalāvatyāḥ snigdhadṛṣṭyānumoditaḥ
ಮಾರ್ಕಂಡೇಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು— ಅವನು ಅವಳಿಗೆ ‘ಏವಮಸ್ತು’ ಎಂದು ಉತ್ತರಿಸಿದನು. ನಂತರ ವಿಭಾವರಿಯ ಅನುಮೋದನೆಯೊಂದಿಗೆ, ಸ्नेಹಭರಿತ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಗಳಿಂದ ಕನ್ಯೆ ಕಲಾವತಿಯನ್ನು ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಿದನು।
FAQs
The emphasis on ‘anumodita’ (approval) underscores social-ethical legitimacy: unions/major decisions are portrayed as requiring harmonious consent rather than coercion.
Manvantara/vaṃśānucarita-type narrative: interpersonal events illustrate the moral texture of an epoch rather than cosmogenesis.
Affectionate assent symbolizes the alignment of wills—when inner and outer approvals coincide, the bestowed vidyā ‘settles’ without friction.