Shloka 39
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
दृष्टा देवास्तथा दैत्याḥ सिद्धगन्धर्वपन्नगाः । कथमेकोऽपि नास्त्यस्य तुल्यरूपो महात्मनः ॥
dṛṣṭā devās tathā daityāḥ siddhagandharvapannagāḥ / katham eko 'pi nāsty asya tulyarūpo mahātmanaḥ
“Nakita ko na ang mga diyos, gayundin ang mga daitya, siddha, gandharva, at mga ahas na banal—paano ngang ni isa ay walang kapantay sa anyo ng dakilang-loob na ito?”
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FAQs
The mind universalizes its fixation—having surveyed many ‘classes of beings,’ it still finds no equal. This shows how desire tends to absolutize the object, a common cognitive distortion noted in dharma literature.
Ākhyāna/Upākhyāna; it is not genealogical or cosmological enumeration, but a narrative use of cosmic categories to intensify characterization.
Listing devas, daityas, siddhas, gandharvas, and nāgas symbolically spans multiple realms of experience; the claim of ‘no equal’ suggests the binding power of māyā when the psyche projects perfection onto a single form.