Shloka 8
Adhyaya 62 — The Fire-God Enters the Brahmin Youth; Varuthini’s Love-Sickness and Kali’s Disguise
निश्वसन्त्यनवद्याङ्गी हाहेति रुदती मुहुः ।
मन्दभाग्येति चात्मानं निनिन्द मदिरेक्षणा ॥
niśvasanty anavadyāṅgī hāheti rudatī muhuḥ | mandabhāgyeti cātmānaṃ nininda madirekṣaṇā ||
निःश्वसन्ती सा निर्दोषाङ्गी हरिणाक्षी कन्या पुनः पुनः ‘हा हा’ इति रुरोद; आत्मानं च निन्दन्ती ‘अहं दुर्भाग्या’ इत्यब्रवीत्।
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FAQs
The verse shows the mind’s tendency to convert longing into self-condemnation; it implicitly warns that unchecked desire breeds suffering (duḥkha) and distorted self-judgment.
Narrative/psychological passage; not pañcalakṣaṇa.
The contrast between ‘anavadyāṅgī’ (externally perfect) and inner lament highlights māyā’s play: outer beauty does not prevent inner turbulence when consciousness is bound by rāga.