Shloka 45
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
पादलेपोऽत्र मे ध्वस्तो विलीनो हिमवारिणा । यस्यानुभावादत्राहमागतो मदिरेक्षणे ॥
pādalepo 'tra me dhvasto विलīno himavāriṇā / yasyānubhāvād atrāham āgato madirekṣaṇe
இங்கே குளிர்ந்த நீரில் என் பாதலேபம் கரைந்து அழிந்துவிட்டது. ஓ மதுவிழியே! யாருடைய தாக்கத்தால் நான் இங்கு வந்தடைந்தேன்?
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FAQs
The verse shows how attraction expresses itself through ornamented speech and suggestive address; it also hints at unseen causality (‘anubhāva’) that draws beings together—inviting reflection on karma and impulse.
Ākhyāna/Upākhyāna; interpersonal dialogue rather than cosmology or lineage.
‘Cold water dissolving the ointment’ can symbolize the washing away of prior protections/intentions when one enters a charged encounter; the ‘whose influence’ points to subtle forces (saṃskāra/kāma) guiding movement.