Shloka 41
The Vision of Mohinī (मोहिनी-दर्शनम्)
ज्वरेण तीव्रेण गृहीतदेहः समीपमस्याः स ससर्प शीघ्रम् । विसर्पिणं भूमिपतिं सुनेत्रा विलोकयामास कटाक्षदृष्ट्या ॥ ४१ ॥
jvareṇa tīvreṇa gṛhītadehaḥ samīpamasyāḥ sa sasarpa śīghram | visarpiṇaṃ bhūmipatiṃ sunetrā vilokayāmāsa kaṭākṣadṛṣṭyā || 41 ||
തീവ്രജ്വരത്തിൽ പിടിപെട്ട ശരീരത്തോടെ അവൻ അവളുടെ സമീപത്തേക്ക് വേഗത്തിൽ ഇഴഞ്ഞെത്തി. അപ്പോൾ സുനേത്രയായ അവൾ പാർശ്വനോട്ടത്തോടെ ഇഴഞ്ഞ് വേദനിക്കുന്ന ഭൂപതിയെ കണ്ടു।
Suta (narrating the Uttara-Bhaga story as part of the Purana’s tirtha-mahatmya discourse)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
The verse highlights the sudden overpowering nature of suffering (jvara) and the humility it imposes even on a ruler, setting the narrative stage for repentance, refuge, and eventual dharmic resolution often taught through tirtha-mahatmya episodes.
While bhakti is not named in this line, the imagery of helplessness before affliction prepares the devotional motif common in the Narada Purana: when worldly power fails, one turns toward higher refuge—typically culminating in remembrance of Vishnu, pilgrimage merit, or sacred observance in the surrounding context.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana, Jyotisha, or Kalpa) is directly taught in this verse; it functions as narrative description. Any ritual/vrata or tirtha procedure would appear in adjacent verses rather than in this shloka itself.