Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 61, Shloka 20
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
ततो जडगतिः सोऽथ इतश्चेतश्च पर्यटन् ।
ददर्शातिमनोज्ञानि सानूनि हिमभूभृतः ॥
tato jaḍagatiḥ so 'tha itaścetaśca paryaṭan /
dadarśātimanojñāni sānūni himabhūbhṛtaḥ
Sau đó, với dáng đi nặng nề, vụng về, ông lang thang khắp nơi và trông thấy những triền núi phủ tuyết vô cùng mỹ lệ, làm lòng người hoan hỷ.
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FAQs
The contrast between impaired movement and heightened perception suggests that obstacles can coexist with—and even intensify—awareness; dharmic endurance continues despite bodily limitation.
Carita/narrative progression; descriptive scene-setting rather than cosmological genealogy.
‘Dulled gait’ can point to karmic drag or loss of a protective power (as in the prior verse), while the vision of beauty indicates that sattvic environments still reflect higher realities to the attentive mind.