Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
दृष्टा देवास्तथा दैत्याḥ सिद्धगन्धर्वपन्नगाः । कथमेकोऽपि नास्त्यस्य तुल्यरूपो महात्मनः ॥
dṛṣṭā devās tathā daityāḥ siddhagandharvapannagāḥ / katham eko 'pi nāsty asya tulyarūpo mahātmanaḥ
நான் தேவர்களையும், அதேபோல் தைத்யர்களையும், சித்தர்களையும், கந்தர்வர்களையும், நாகர்களையும் பார்த்துள்ளேன்—இம்மகாத்மாவின் ரூபத்துக்கு ஒப்பானவர் ஒருவரும் இல்லாதது எவ்வாறு?
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The mind universalizes its fixation—having surveyed many ‘classes of beings,’ it still finds no equal. This shows how desire tends to absolutize the object, a common cognitive distortion noted in dharma literature.
Ākhyāna/Upākhyāna; it is not genealogical or cosmological enumeration, but a narrative use of cosmic categories to intensify characterization.
Listing devas, daityas, siddhas, gandharvas, and nāgas symbolically spans multiple realms of experience; the claim of ‘no equal’ suggests the binding power of māyā when the psyche projects perfection onto a single form.