Shloka 57
Devaśarmā–Vipula Dialogue on Ahorātra–Ṛtu as Moral Witnesses (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४३)
नेत्राभ्यां नेत्रयोरस्या रश्मिं संयोज्य रश्मिभि: । विवेश विपुल: कायमाकाशं पवनो यथा
netrābhyāṃ netrayor asyā raśmiṃ saṃyojya raśmibhiḥ | viveśa vipulaḥ kāyam ākāśaṃ pavano yathā
Bhīṣma nói: “Dùng tia sáng từ đôi mắt mình nối với tia sáng từ đôi mắt nàng, bậc hùng lực Vipula liền nhập vào thân thể nàng—như gió lùa vào khoảng không.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses the imagery of eye-rays and wind-in-space to convey subtle, non-gross modes of influence—suggesting that disciplined power (often associated with yogic mastery) can operate through refined channels beyond ordinary physical action.
A powerful figure connects his ‘rays’ with the rays of a woman’s eyes and, through that subtle linkage, ‘enters’ her body—described metaphorically as effortlessly as wind entering space.