Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 48
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
ईश्वर उवाच नाशं गतायां वरदाम्बिकायां कामाग्निना प्लुष्सुविग्रहो ऽस्मि विजृम्भणोन्मादसरैर्विभिन्नो धृतिं न विन्दामि रतिं सुखं वा
īśvara uvāca nāśaṃ gatāyāṃ varadāmbikāyāṃ kāmāgninā pluṣsuvigraho 'smi vijṛmbhaṇonmādasarairvibhinno dhṛtiṃ na vindāmi ratiṃ sukhaṃ vā
อีศวรตรัสว่า “เมื่ออัมพิกาผู้ประทานพรถึงความพินาศแล้ว เราถูกไฟแห่งกามเผาผลาญกาย ถูกศรแห่งอาการหาวจนหน้ามืดและศรแห่งความคลุ้มคลั่งอันรุนแรงทิ่มแทงจนแหลก เราไม่พบทั้งความมั่นคง ความรื่นรมย์ หรือความสุขเลย”
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FAQs
Even divine narratives portray the destabilizing power of kāma and grief; the teaching is that desire and attachment, when ungoverned, burn away dhṛti (steadiness). The implied remedy in Purāṇic contexts is devotion, discipline, and reorientation to dharma.
Carita/Vamśānucarita-type episode material (narrative theology), not sarga/pratisarga. It supports dharma teaching through dramatic depiction of inner turmoil.
“Arrows” of vijṛmbhaṇa and unmāda externalize inner states: lethargy and delirium become personified weapons, showing how mental afflictions ‘pierce’ consciousness when the stabilizing principle (Ambikā/Śakti) is absent.