Shloka 21
Adhyaya 21 — Kuvalayashva’s Descent to Patala and the Rescue of Madalasa
उत्तस्थौ च महाभागा चित्तक्षोभमवाप्य सा ।
लज्जाविस्मयदैन्यानां सद्यस्तन्वी वशं गता ॥
uttasthau ca mahābhāgā cittakṣobham avāpya sā / lajjāvismayadainyānāṃ sadyas tanvī vaśaṃ gatā
ती सौभाग्यवती, सडपातळ कन्या मनाने व्याकुळ होऊन उभी राहिली; आणि तत्क्षणी लज्जा, विस्मय व क्लेश यांमुळे त्यांच्या अधीन झाली।
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FAQs
The verse is a compact psychology of passion: attraction is accompanied by inner turbulence and vulnerability. Purāṇic storytelling often uses such moments to caution that uncontrolled emotion can quickly dominate agency.
Narrative (Itivṛtta), illustrating human (and semi-divine) behavior rather than cosmic structure.
Lajjā–vismaya–dainya can be read as three veils that arise when the self confronts an overwhelming ‘other’; the loss of inner sovereignty (vaśaṃ gatā) signals bondage to guṇas and saṃskāras.