Shloka 26
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
दृष्ट्वा चैतं द्विजसुतो हिमवन्तं महाचलम् ।
श्वो द्रक्ष्यामिति संचित्य मतिञ्चक्रे गृहं प्रति ॥
dṛṣṭvā caitaṃ dvijasuto himavantaṃ mahācalam /
śvo drakṣyāmīti saṃcintya matiñcakre gṛhaṃ prati
तं महागिरिं हिमवन्तं दृष्ट्वा ब्राह्मणपुत्रोऽचिन्तयत्—“श्वोऽहं पुनरपि द्रक्ष्यामि” इति; गृहगमनाय मनः संन्यवेशयत्।
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FAQs
‘Tomorrow’ is a classic hinge of negligence: postponing what is worthy can lead to loss; the verse prepares a moral about timely action and the uncertainty of conditions.
Carita—depicting a character’s decision that will shape subsequent events.
Turning homeward after a vision of the ‘great mountain’ can symbolize regression from a higher calling back into habitual identity; the ‘tomorrow’ indicates mind’s deferral of transformation.