Shloka 22
Adhyaya 17 — The Birth of Atri’s Three Sons: Soma, Dattatreya, and Durvasa
तथापि तं मुनिसुता न त्यजन्ति यदा मुनिम् ।
ततः सह तया नार्या मद्यपानमथापिबत् ॥
tathāpi taṃ munisutā na tyajanti yadā munim | tataḥ saha tayā nāryā madyapānam athāpibat ||
എന്നിരുന്നാലും, മുനിപുത്രന്മാർ ആ മുനിയെ ഉപേക്ഷിക്കാതിരുന്നപ്പോൾ, അവൻ ആ സ്ത്രീയോടൊപ്പം മദ്യപാനം ചെയ്തു।
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FAQs
The narrative highlights discernment (viveka): external transgression-like acts can be used in stories to test attachment and judgment. It does not automatically license imitation; Purāṇic pedagogy often distinguishes the exceptional yogin from ordinary conduct-rules.
Ākhyāna within Vaṃśānucarita: a didactic episode portraying an extraordinary sage’s behavior to provoke reflection on dharma, adhikāra (eligibility), and inner freedom.
‘Liquor’ can symbolize intoxicating worldly rasa (pleasure/power). The point is the yogin’s unshaken witness-state: contact without inner collapse—while warning that for the unprepared, the same act becomes bondage.