Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 62, Shloka 11
Adhyaya 62 — The Fire-God Enters the Brahmin Youth; Varuthini’s Love-Sickness and Kali’s Disguise
क्वागताहमिमं शैलं दुष्टदैवबलात्कृता ।
क्व च प्राप्तः स मे दृष्टेर्गोचरं तादृशो नरः ॥
kvāgatāham imaṃ śailaṃ duṣṭadaiva-balātkṛtā |
kva ca prāptaḥ sa me dṛṣṭer-gocaraṃ tādṛśo naraḥ ||
Ta đã đến đâu—đến ngọn núi này—bị sức mạnh của số phận nghiệt ngã xua đẩy? Và người đàn ông cao quý ấy, kẻ đã lọt vào tầm mắt ta, nay đã đi về đâu?
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FAQs
The verse dramatizes how attributing suffering solely to ‘daiva’ can intensify helplessness; Purāṇic narratives often present this as a prelude to either counsel, tapas, or a corrective action restoring agency.
Primarily narrative (ākhyāna) rather than cosmological structuring; it supports vaṃśānucarita-like storytelling rather than sarga/manvantara exposition.
‘Mountain’ can signify the hard, elevated mind-state where emotions echo; the beloved ‘seen’ then lost mirrors the fleeting glimpse of an ideal that, without steadiness (dhairya), becomes torment.