Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 38
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
श्रूयसे दृश्यसे नित्यं स्पृश्यसे वन्द्यसे प्रिये आलिङ्ग्यसे च सततं किमर्थं नाभिभाषसे
śrūyase dṛśyase nityaṃ spṛśyase vandyase priye āliṅgyase ca satataṃ kimarthaṃ nābhibhāṣase
प्रिये, तू नित्य ऐकली व पाहिली जाते; तुला स्पर्श केला जातो व वंदन केले जाते; सतत आलिंगनही होते—मग तू माझ्याशी का बोलत नाहीस?
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FAQs
The verse dramatizes the ethical demand for responsiveness: intimacy and outward acts (seeing, touching, embracing, revering) are incomplete without truthful communication. In dharma-literature, speech (satya-vāk) and mutual acknowledgement are essential for sustaining relationship and social order.
This is best classified under Vamśānucarita / narrative episode (ākhyāna) rather than cosmological Sarga/Pratisarga. It functions as a character-centered scene within the Purāṇic storytelling stream.
On a symbolic reading common in Purāṇic exegesis, the ‘beloved who is near yet silent’ can mirror the devotee’s experience of the divine—present in signs and rituals, yet seemingly unresponsive—thereby intensifying longing and prompting deeper inward inquiry.