Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 61
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
तं प्रविष्टं तदा दृष्ट्वा भार्गवात्रेययोषितः प्रक्षोभमगमन् सर्वा हीनसत्त्वाः समन्ततः
taṃ praviṣṭaṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā bhārgavātreyayoṣitaḥ prakṣobhamagaman sarvā hīnasattvāḥ samantataḥ
അവൻ അപ്പോൾ പ്രവേശിക്കുന്നതു കണ്ടപ്പോൾ ഭാർഗവരുടെയും ആത്രേയരുടെയും ഭാര്യമാർ എല്ലാടവും കലങ്ങിപ്പോയി; അവരുടെ ആത്മനിയന്ത്രണം ക്ഷീണിച്ചിരുന്നു.
{ "primaryRasa": "shringara", "secondaryRasa": "bhayanaka", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }
FAQs
The verse highlights how lack of inner steadiness (sattva/saṃyama) leads to agitation when confronted with powerful stimuli. It implicitly contrasts ordinary susceptibility to desire with the ideal of disciplined conduct.
This is best classified under ākhyāna / vaṃśānucarita-adjacent narrative material (exemplary episode involving rishis’ families), rather than cosmology (sarga/pratisarga) or manvantara. It functions as dharma-instruction through story.
Maheshvara’s presence operates as a catalyst revealing inner dispositions: those with weakened restraint are shaken. The episode sets up a contrast with exemplary chastity (developed explicitly in the next verse).