Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 61, Shloka 57
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
वीणावेणुस्वनं गीतं किन्नराणां मनोरमम् । अङ्गाह्लादकरो वायुरुष्णान्नमुदकं शुचि ॥
vīṇā-veṇu-svanaṃ gītaṃ kinnarāṇāṃ manoramam | aṅgāhlādakaro vāyur uṣṇānnam udakaṃ śuci ||
“Ở đây có tiếng vīṇā và sáo, những khúc ca mê hoặc của các Kinnara; làn gió làm khoan khoái thân thể; thức ăn nóng và nước trong thanh khiết.”
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FAQs
The verse completes the seduction by portraying an environment engineered for comfort and aesthetic pleasure. It implicitly contrasts such indulgence with the disciplined simplicity often associated with brāhmaṇa dharma.
Not pancalakṣaṇa; it is narrative material used to teach dharma through contrast.
Music, breeze, warm food, and pure water symbolize subtle refinements of pleasure—suggesting that bondage is not only through coarse desire but also through ‘pleasantness’ that keeps the mind externally oriented.