Shloka 11
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
अनेकदेशदर्शित्वेनातिश्रमसमान्वितः ।
त्वं नातिवृद्धो वयसा नातिवृत्तश्च यौवनात् ।
कथम् अल्पेन कालेन पृथिवीमटसि द्विज ॥
aneka-deśa-darśitvenātiśrama-samānvitaḥ |
tvaṁ nāti-vṛddho vayasā nāti-vṛttaś ca yauvanāt |
katham alpena kālena pṛthivīm aṭasi dvija ||
اتنے ملک دکھا کر آپ گویا سخت مشقت سے تھکے ہوئے معلوم ہوتے ہیں؛ مگر نہ آپ بہت بوڑھے ہیں نہ جوانی سے گزر چکے۔ اے برہمن، اتنے کم وقت میں آپ زمین کی سیر کیسے کرتے ہیں؟
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FAQs
Wonder should mature into disciplined questioning; the verse models respectful inquiry rather than skepticism, opening the way for instruction.
Ākhyāna: a dialogue turn that introduces the explanation of extraordinary travel; not a cosmological/genealogical unit.
The contrast ‘not old, not beyond youth’ with vast travel hints at mastery over prāṇa and mind—where movement is not merely physical but governed by subtle means.