Shloka 5
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
कश्चिद् द्विजातिप्रवरः पुरेऽभूदरुणास्पदे ।
वरुणायास्तटे विप्रो रूपेणात्यश्विनावपि ॥
kaścid dvijāti-pravaraḥ pure 'bhūd aruṇāspade |
varuṇāyās taṭe vipro rūpeṇāty-aśvināv api ||
അരുൺആസ്പദം എന്ന നഗരത്തിൽ ഒരു ശ്രേഷ്ഠ ദ്വിജൻ (ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ) വസിച്ചിരുന്നു. വരുണാ നദീതീരത്ത് ആ ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ അത്യന്തം സുന്ദരനായിരുന്നു—സൗന്ദര്യത്തിൽ അശ്വിനീകുമാരന്മാരെപ്പോലെ.
FAQs
Purāṇas often ground cosmic chronology in exemplary human stories: virtue and learning are introduced through a model brāhmaṇa whose life becomes a vehicle for teaching.
Serves 'Manvantara' narration and can support 'Vaṃśānucarita' indirectly when the episode connects to lineage/era-specific rulers (as the chapter proceeds).
The riverbank setting suggests liminality—a threshold between states. The Aśvin comparison hints at healing and restoration motifs that often accompany dharmic exemplars.