Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 61, Shloka 20
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
ततो जडगतिः सोऽथ इतश्चेतश्च पर्यटन् ।
ददर्शातिमनोज्ञानि सानूनि हिमभूभृतः ॥
tato jaḍagatiḥ so 'tha itaścetaśca paryaṭan /
dadarśātimanojñāni sānūni himabhūbhṛtaḥ
Pagkaraan, na may mapurol at alanganing lakad, gumala siya sa iba’t ibang dako at nakita ang lubhang kaaya-ayang mga dalisdis ng bundok na nababalutan ng niyebe.
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FAQs
The contrast between impaired movement and heightened perception suggests that obstacles can coexist with—and even intensify—awareness; dharmic endurance continues despite bodily limitation.
Carita/narrative progression; descriptive scene-setting rather than cosmological genealogy.
‘Dulled gait’ can point to karmic drag or loss of a protective power (as in the prior verse), while the vision of beauty indicates that sattvic environments still reflect higher realities to the attentive mind.