Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 97
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
प्रदह्यमानौ चरणौ दृष्ट्वासौ कुसुमायुधः उत्ससर्ज धनुः श्रेष्ठं तज्जगामाथ पञ्चधा
pradahyamānau caraṇau dṛṣṭvāsau kusumāyudhaḥ utsasarja dhanuḥ śreṣṭhaṃ tajjagāmātha pañcadhā
आपले चरण जळत आहेत असे पाहून कुसुमायुध कामदेवाने आपले श्रेष्ठ धनुष्य सोडून दिले; आणि ते धनुष्य पाच भागांत तुटून गेले.
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FAQs
When inner discipline is awakened (tapas/jñāna), the instruments of temptation lose their power; the ‘bow’ of desire is rendered ineffective.
Carita-focused narration (divine/daiva event description), not sarga/pratisarga; it functions as exemplum within the Purāṇic storytelling layer.
The flower-bow breaking into five evokes the five sense-channels (pañcendriya) through which desire operates; the shattering signifies sensory subjugation under higher yogic fire.