Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 15
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
मृगवृन्दाः पिञ्जरिता राजन्ते गहने वने पुलकाभिर्वृता यद्वत् सज्जनाः सुहृदागमे
mṛgavṛndāḥ piñjaritā rājante gahane vane pulakābhirvṛtā yadvat sajjanāḥ suhṛdāgame
ഘനവനത്തിൽ പിംഗളവർണ്ണമുള്ള മൃഗക്കൂട്ടങ്ങൾ ശോഭിക്കുന്നു; പ്രിയ സുഹൃത്ത് വരുമ്പോൾ സജ്ജനർ രോമാഞ്ചംകൊണ്ട് മൂടപ്പെടുന്നതുപോലെ।
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FAQs
The ethical ideal is the sajjana’s capacity for warm, spontaneous joy at reunion—friendship is treated as a dhārmic bond. The verse normalizes tenderness and emotional openness as virtues.
Not a direct pañcalakṣaṇa category; it serves as didactic-poetic ornamentation within a broader narrative or geographical praise. Such verses often accompany tīrtha descriptions to evoke sāttvika mood in the listener.
Pulaka (gooseflesh) is a classical marker of inner delight; projecting it onto deer suggests that the whole environment participates in auspiciousness. The forest becomes a moral theater where virtue is mirrored in nature.