Shloka 38
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
अहोऽस्य रूपमाधुर्यमहोऽस्य ललिता गतिः । अहो गम्भीरता दृष्टेः कुतोऽस्य सदृशो भुवि ॥
aho 'sya rūpamādhuryam aho 'sya lalitā gatiḥ / aho gambhīratā dṛṣṭeḥ kuto 'sya sadṛśo bhuvi
अहो, त्याचे सौंदर्य किती मधुर आहे! अहो, त्याची चाल किती मनोहर आहे! अहो, त्याच्या दृष्टीतील गांभीर्य किती खोल आहे! पृथ्वीवर त्याच्यासारखा कोण आहे?
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FAQs
The verse illustrates how the senses and mind rapidly construct fascination through perceived beauty, gait, and gaze—showing the momentum of kāma before discernment (viveka) intervenes. It is a narrative warning-sign: admiration can quickly become attachment.
Primarily Ākhyāna/Upākhyāna (narrative episode) rather than sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita; it functions as moral-psychological narration within the Purāṇic storytelling mode.
Beauty (rūpa), movement (gati), and gaze (dṛṣṭi) can be read as the three doors through which saṃskāras are activated; the ‘depth of gaze’ hints at the binding power of attention (dhyāna) when misdirected into desire.