Shloka 8
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
उद्भूतपुलका स्नेहसम्भवास्त्राविलेक्षणा ।
ततो ममागतो हासः शृणु चाप्यत्र कारणम् ॥
udbhūtapulakā snehasambhavāstrāvilekṣaṇā / tato mamāgato hāsaḥ śṛṇu cāpy atra kāraṇam //
அன்பால் என் உடலில் மெய்சிலிர்ப்பு எழுந்தது; கண்கள் ஈரமாயின. அப்பொழுது எனக்கு சிரிப்பு வந்தது—அதற்கான காரணத்தையும் இங்கே கேள்।
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FAQs
External signs of love (tears, gooseflesh) do not by themselves guarantee purity of intent; discernment asks for the underlying cause and direction of desire.
Ākhyāna as a vehicle for dharma-viveka; it is an instructive psychological-ethical passage rather than a cosmological register.
Laughter amid tears points to the paradox of saṃsāra: what appears as ‘love’ can mask appropriation; the wise respond with a detached, illuminating mirth.