Shloka 16

Origins of the Maruts — Origins of the Maruts Across the Manvantaras (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)

Devanagari script

तद् दृष्ट्वा पुष्करे न्यस्तं प्रत्यैच्छन्त तपोधन मन्यमानास्तदमृतं सदा यौवनलिप्सया

Transliteration

tad dṛṣṭvā puṣkare nyastaṃ pratyaicchanta tapodhana manyamānāstadamṛtaṃ sadā yauvanalipsayā

Translation

ಓ ತಪೋಧನ! ಪುಷ್ಕರದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಡಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ಅದನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ, ಅದನ್ನು ಅಮೃತವೆಂದು ಭಾವಿಸಿ, ಸದಾ ಯೌವನದ ಆಸೆಯಿಂದ ಅವರು ಅದನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯಲು ಬಯಸಿದರು.

Speakers

• Narrative voice (Purāṇic narrator) addressing an ascetic interlocutor styled 'tapodhana' (contextually within the chapter’s dialogue frame).

Key Themes

• Tirtha Mahima
• Desire for youth and immortality
• Mistaking semen/essence for amṛta (mythic motif)
• Pilgrimage-site sacrality through narrative

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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