Shloka 22
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
दिव्याप्सरोगणशतैराकीर्णान्यवलोकयन् ।
नातृप्यत द्विजश्रेष्ठः प्रोद्धूतपुलको मुने ॥
divyāpsarogaṇaśatairākīrṇānyavalokayan /
nātṛpyata dvijaśreṣṭhaḥ prodbhūtapulako mune
शेकडो दिव्य अप्सरांच्या गणांनी भरलेली स्थाने पाहून, हे मुने, तो द्विजश्रेष्ठ तृप्त झाला नाही; त्याच्या अंगावर रोमांच उभे राहिले।
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FAQs
The verse subtly warns that even a ‘best of brahmins’ can become unsated by sensory marvels; the spiritual task is to convert wonder into discernment rather than craving.
Carita/narrative psychology—showing the mind’s response to objects—rather than a pancalakṣaṇa structural element.
Horripilation (pulaka) marks intense affect; esoterically it can be either sattvic rapture or the stirring of latent desire—an ambiguity the narrative can later resolve through consequence and reflection.