Shloka 3
Adhyaya 62 — The Fire-God Enters the Brahmin Youth; Varuthini’s Love-Sickness and Kali’s Disguise
तस्यास्तु सुतरां तत्र तादृग्रूपे द्विजन्मनि ।
अनुरागोऽभवद्विप्रं पश्यन्त्या देवयोषितः ॥
tasyās tu sutarāṃ tatra tādṛgrūpe dvijanmani | anurāgo ’bhavad vipraṃ paśyantyā devayoṣitaḥ ||
لیکن اس آسمانی دوشیزہ نے وہاں اس برہمن نوجوان کو اس صورت میں دیکھ کر اس کی طرف شدید رغبت/محبت محسوس کی۔
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FAQs
The verse illustrates how perception can trigger attachment (anurāga). In dharmic literature this often sets up a test of restraint or a lesson about the mind’s susceptibility even in refined beings.
Narrative ethics (kathā) rather than cosmological/genealogical pañcalakṣaṇa.
A ‘divine’ figure falling into desire underscores that kāma is a cosmic force, not merely human weakness; it becomes a narrative instrument to reveal the protagonist’s inner steadiness (or lack thereof).