Shloka 8
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
अथागतोऽतिथिः कश्चित् कदाचित्तस्य वेश्मनि ।
नानौषधिप्रभावज्ञो मन्त्रविद्याविशारदः ॥
athāgato ’tithiḥ kaścit kadācit tasya veśmani |
nānauṣadhi-prabhāvajño mantra-vidyā-viśāradaḥ ||
Certa vez, veio à sua casa um hóspede—conhecedor do poder de muitas ervas medicinais e versado na ciência dos mantras.
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FAQs
The verse foregrounds the ideal of honoring the atithi and acknowledges that knowledge (vidyā)—here mantra and medicinal lore—can yield extraordinary capacities when properly mastered.
Primarily Ākhyāna/Upākhyāna (narrative episode) rather than sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṁśa/vaṁśānucarita.
Mantra and auṣadhi indicate two complementary streams—śabda (sacred sound) and oṣadhi (earth’s potency). Their conjunction symbolizes integrated mastery over subtle and gross forces.