Shloka 20
Adhyaya 62 — The Fire-God Enters the Brahmin Youth; Varuthini’s Love-Sickness and Kali’s Disguise
मयैषा सानुरागेण बहुशः प्रार्थिता सती ।
निराकृतवती सेयमद्य प्राप्या भविष्यति ॥
mayaiṣā sānurāgeṇa bahuśaḥ prārthitā satī | nirākṛtavatī seyam adya prāpyā bhaviṣyati ||
నేను స్నేహంతో ఈ సద్గుణవతిని పదేపదే వేడుకున్నాను; ఆమె నన్ను తిరస్కరించినా, నేడు ఆమె నిశ్చయంగా నా చేత పొందబడుతుంది।
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FAQs
The verse signals the rise of coercive desire: persistence in passion is framed as ‘attainment,’ foreshadowing adharma. Puranic narration often exposes such intent to critique it, not endorse it.
Primarily Ākhyāna/Upākhyāna (narrative episode) rather than sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita; it serves as moral illustration within the Purāṇic storytelling fabric.
Kali here functions as a personification of the age’s impulse: grasping, entitlement, and manipulation. The ‘today I will obtain’ motif symbolizes the mind’s attempt to convert refusal into fate.