Shloka 67
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
त्वद्विमुक्ता न जीवामि तथा प्रीतिमती त्वयि ।
नैतद्वदाम्यहं मिथ्या प्रसीद कुलनन्दन ॥
tvad-vimuktā na jīvāmi tathā prītimatī tvayi | naitad vadāmy ahaṃ mithyā prasīda kulanandana ||
त्वया वियोगे न जीवामि; एवं मम त्वयि स्नेहः। न मिथ्या वदामि; प्रसादं कुरु, कुलानन्द।
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FAQs
The verse depicts emotional blackmail as a form of temptation; dharmic steadiness requires compassion without surrendering to adharma.
Ākhyāna; psychological and ethical instruction through dialogue.
Attachment claims life-or-death urgency; spiritually, this mirrors how vāsanās (latent tendencies) insist they cannot ‘live’ without gratification.