Shloka 60

Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat

Sanskrit

इत्युक्त्वा सानुरागा सा सहसा कमलेक्षणा ।

आलिलिङ्ग प्रसीदेति वदन्ती कलमुन्मनाः ॥

Transliteration

ity uktvā sānurāgā sā sahasā kamalekṣaṇā | āliliṅga prasīdeti vadantī kalam unmanāḥ ||

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞിട്ട് അവൾ—സ്നേഹപൂർണ്ണയായ, പദ്മനേത്രി—അപ്രതീക്ഷിതമായി അവനെ आलിംഗനം ചെയ്തു; കാമലാലസയിൽ അശാന്തമായ മനസ്സോടെ മൃദുവായി ‘പ്രസന്നനാകൂ’ എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थ-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having said’

• sa-anurāgā: affectionate, with love
• sa-anurāgā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + anurāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (अनुरागेण सह/अनुरागवती)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• sahasā: suddenly
• sahasā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• kamala-īkṣaṇā: lotus-eyed
• kamala-īkṣaṇā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kamala (प्रातिपदिक) + īkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (कमलवत् ईक्षणे यस्याः सा)

• āliliṅga: embraced
• āliliṅga: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √liṅg/√liṅg? (धातु; √liṅg/लिङ्ग् ‘आलिङ्गने’ = to embrace)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• prasīda: be pleased
• prasīda: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sad (धातु) with उपसर्ग प्र-
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• iti: (saying) thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थ-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• vadantī: speaking, saying
• vadantī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vad (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/Present Active Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kalam: softly
• kalam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण; ‘कलम्’ = softly/gently (manner adverb)

• unmanāḥ: distracted/absorbed (in emotion)
• unmanāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: unmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (सा)

Speakers

• Narration describing Varūthinī’s action toward the brāhmaṇa

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shringara", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Seduction as narrative device
• Testing of restraint
• Mind’s agitation (unmanas)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Dharma is tested not only by arguments (comfort, youth) but by intimacy and emotional pressure; steadiness (dhṛti) is implied as the virtue under trial.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ākhyāna used for dharma-śikṣā (ethical instruction), not a cosmological or genealogical unit.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘embrace’ can symbolize clinging (rāga) itself—attachment attempting to bind the seeker; ‘unmanāḥ’ signals the turbulence of desire (kāma) in the psyche.