Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 42
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
इत्थं विलप्य स्वप्नान्ते प्रतिबुद्धस्तु तत्क्षणात् उत्कूजति तथारण्ये मुक्तकण्ठं पुनः पुनः
itthaṃ vilapya svapnānte pratibuddhastu tatkṣaṇāt utkūjati tathāraṇye muktakaṇṭhaṃ punaḥ punaḥ
ఇలా స్వప్నాంతంలో విలపించి, అతడు ఆ క్షణమే మేల్కొన్నాడు; తరువాత అరణ్యంలో అతడు గొంతు విప్పి, మళ్లీ మళ్లీ పెద్దగా కేకలు వేసాడు.
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FAQs
The continuity between dream-emotion and waking-grief illustrates how attachment conditions perception; the Purāṇic lesson often points toward cultivating steadiness (dhairya) and discernment (viveka).
This is episodic narration (ākhyāna) rather than cosmological creation/lineage material; it functions as a character-centered scene embedded within the Purāṇa’s larger narrative tapestry.
The forest (araṇya) can symbolize inner solitude and disorientation; the repeated loud cry signals the mind’s compulsive return to the object of desire even after ‘waking’—a motif of saṃsāric repetition.