Shloka 87
The Account of Kāṣṭhīlā (Kāṣṭhīlā-ākhyāna) within the Mohinī Narrative
प्रविश्य तत्र शय्यायां मुमोचोत्पललोचनाम् । रुदतीमतिसंत्रस्तां पीनश्रोणिपयोधराम् ॥ ८७ ॥
praviśya tatra śayyāyāṃ mumocotpalalocanām | rudatīmatisaṃtrastāṃ pīnaśroṇipayodharām || 87 ||
Bước vào đó, ông đặt người nữ mắt như hoa sen lên giường; nàng đang khóc, vô cùng kinh hãi, thân hình đầy đặn với hông và ngực nở nang.
Suta (narrative voice; dialogue context traditionally within Narada Purana recitation)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
It functions as a narrative detail that highlights fear and vulnerability within a moral storyline, setting up the ethical consequences and protective/dharmic resolution that the Purana typically develops in the surrounding verses.
This specific verse is not a direct bhakti teaching; rather, it is part of a story frame where later context usually contrasts human distress with refuge in dharma and, in broader Purāṇic patterning, remembrance of the Lord as the ultimate shelter.
No explicit Vedāṅga (Śikṣā, Vyākaraṇa, Chandas, Nirukta, Jyotiṣa, Kalpa) instruction appears in this verse; it is primarily descriptive narration.