Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati
अन्यमुत्फुल्लनयनं दृष्ट्या दृष्ट्येतिवादिनम् ।
परिष्वजन्तमन्योन्यमतिकौतूहलान्वितम् ॥
anyam utphulla-nayanaṃ dṛṣṭyā dṛṣṭyeti-vādinam | pariṣvajantam anyonyam ati-kautūhalānvitam ||
അവൻ മറ്റുള്ളവരെയും കണ്ടു—കണ്ണുകൾ വിശാലമായി തുറന്ന് “കാണൂ! കാണൂ!” എന്നു പറയുകയും, പരസ്പരം ആലിംഗനം ചെയ്യുകയും, മഹാ കൗതുകവും ആവേശവും നിറഞ്ഞിരിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു।
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Human communities naturally cohere around unexpected events; the Purāṇic narrative uses such scenes to ground extraordinary turns of fate in believable social behavior.
Ākhyāna/Upākhyāna (storytelling texture). It supports vaṃśānucarita if embedded in a royal/family chronicle, but is not itself a pancalakṣaṇa datum.
The repeated ‘Look!’ suggests the awakening of attention (smṛti/jñāna) before a decisive disclosure—an outward mirror of the inner ‘seeing’ that will soon become remorse and self-inquiry.