Shloka 18
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
सम्प्राप्तो हिमवत्पृष्ठं नातिश्रान्ततनुर्द्विज ।
विचचार ततस्तत्र तुहिनाचलभूतले ॥
samprāpto himavatpṛṣṭhaṃ nātiśrāntatanurdvija /
vicacāra tatastatra tuhinācalabhūtale
اے برہمن، ہِمَوَت کے پُشت والے اُونچے خطّے تک پہنچ کر، جسمانی طور پر زیادہ تھکا نہ ہوا وہ پھر برف پوش پہاڑ کی زمین پر گھومتا رہا۔
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FAQs
The verse sets a contemplative tone: the seeker moves through sacred geography with steadiness (not exhausted), suggesting disciplined travel and receptivity to dharmic learning through direct experience of tīrtha-like landscapes.
Primarily falls under Vaṃśānucarita/Carita-style narrative material (accounts of persons and their movements), not directly Sarga/Pratisarga/Manvantara/Vaṃśa in this local passage.
Himavat often functions as an inner symbol of steadiness and austerity; entering the ‘snow-mountain’ can suggest approaching the cool clarity of sattva where impressions (mala) begin to be washed away in later verses.