Shloka 17
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
सहस्रं योजनानां हि दिनार्धेन व्रजामि यत् ।
आयास्यामिति सञ्चिन्त्य तदर्धेनापरेण हि ॥
sahasraṁ yojanānāṁ hi dinārdhena vrajāmi yat |
āyāsyāmīti sañcintya tadardhenāpareṇa hi ||
കാരണം ഞാൻ അർദ്ധദിനത്തിൽ ആയിരം യോജന ദൂരം സഞ്ചരിക്കുന്നു; ‘ഞാൻ മടങ്ങിവരും’ എന്ന് കരുതി, ശേഷിച്ച അർദ്ധസമയത്തിൽ തിരിച്ചുവരാൻ അവൻ നിശ്ചയിച്ചു।
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FAQs
Extraordinary capability is framed within ordinary obligations—returning on time—suggesting that siddhi is to serve dharmic life, not disrupt it.
Ākhyāna: narrative continuation with quantitative detail (yojana/time) but not manvantara chronology.
The ‘half-day out, half-day back’ structure mirrors controlled engagement with the world: expansion (going out) and withdrawal (return), akin to regulated prāṇa/mind movement.