Shloka 63
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
वरूथिन्युवाच किं ते नाहं प्रिया विप्र ! रमणीयो न किं गिरिः ।
गन्धर्वान् किन्नरादींश्च त्यक्त्वाभीष्टो हि कस्तव ॥
varūthinī uvāca kiṃ te nāhaṃ priyā vipra ramaṇīyo na kiṃ giriḥ | gandharvān kinnarādīṃś ca tyaktvā abhīṣṭo hi kas tava ||
वरूथिनी उवाच—किं ते मया, ब्राह्मण, नाहं ते प्रिया? किमयं गिरिर्न रमणीयः? गन्धर्वकिन्नरादीन् परित्यज्य कः खलु त्वया वाञ्छ्यते?
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FAQs
Temptation escalates by appealing to status and exclusivity—“even celestials are set aside for you”; dharma texts warn that pride and flattery can be as binding as pleasure.
Ākhyāna; it uses mythic beings (Gandharvas/Kinnaras) as narrative elements rather than genealogical cataloging.
Gandharvas/Kinnaras can symbolize refined pleasures (art, beauty, prestige); the challenge is renunciation of even ‘sattvic’ enjoyments when they obstruct truth.