ऋतुकाले ततो ज्येष्ठां वधूं तस्मै न्ययोजयत् ॥
सा तु रूपं च गन्धं च महर्षेः प्रविचिन्त्य तम् ॥
नाकरोद् वचनं देव्या भयात् सुरसुतोपमा ॥
ततः स्वैर् भूषणैर् दासीं भूषयित्वाप्सरोपमाम् ॥
प्रेषयाम् आस कृष्णाय ततः काशिपतेः सुता ॥
दासी ऋषिम् अनुप्राप्तं प्रत्युद्गम्याभिवाद्य च ॥
संविवेशाभ्यनुज्ञाता सत्कृत्योपचचार ह ॥
कामोपभोगेन तु स तस्यां तुष्टिम् अगाद् ऋषिः ॥
तया सहोषितो रात्रिं महर्षिः प्रीयमाणया ॥
उत्तिष्ठन्न् अब्रवीद् एनाम् अभुजिष्या भविष्यसि ॥
अयं च ते शुभे गर्भः श्रीमान् उदरम् आगतः ॥
धर्मात्मा भविता लोके सर्वबुद्धिमतां वरः ॥
ṛtukāle tato jyeṣṭhāṃ vadhūṃ tasmai nyayojayat ||
sā tu rūpaṃ ca gandhaṃ ca maharṣeḥ pravicintya tam ||
nākarod vacanaṃ devyā bhayāt surasutopamā ||
tataḥ svair bhūṣaṇair dāsīṃ bhūṣayitvāpsaropamām ||
preṣayām āsa kṛṣṇāya tataḥ kāśipateḥ sutā ||
dāsī ṛṣim anuprāptaṃ pratyudgamyābhivādya ca ||
saṃviveśābhyanujñātā satkṛtyopacacāra ha ||
kāmopabhogena tu sa tasyāṃ tuṣṭim agād ṛṣiḥ ||
tayā sahoṣito rātriṃ maharṣiḥ prīyamāṇayā ||
uttiṣṭhann abravīd enām abhujiṣyā bhaviṣyasi ||
ayaṃ ca te śubhe garbhaḥ śrīmān udaram āgataḥ ||
dharmātmā bhavitā loke sarvabuddhimatāṃ varaḥ ||
Then, in the season after her courses, Satyavati summoned to him her eldest daughter-in-law, Ambika; but recalling the great sage's appearance and smell, she, out of fear, did not do as the queen bade — she who was like a daughter of the gods. Then the daughter of the king of Kashi, having adorned a maidservant resembling an apsaras with her own ornaments, sent her to Krishna. The maidservant, when the sage arrived, met him and greeted him, and with his leave lay with him, having honored and served him. Through their union the sage was well pleased with her; the great sage spent the night with her as she attended upon him with delight. Rising, he said to her: 'You will no longer be a slave; and this blessed fruit that has entered your womb, O fair one, will be a righteous man in the world, the best of all the wise.'
74ca078b4ca1 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 4:16:47 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here, unlike the queens, the maidservant meets Vyasa with reverence and service — and receives the highest reward. Telling is the contrast: the queens, for all their rank, took fright and recoiled from the sage's stern appearance, while the simple maidservant received him with greeting, honor, and care, free of fear and revulsion. Here it is shown that not birth but humility and devotion are pleasing to a saint: reverent service to a sadhu, not high rank, draws his grace. Telling too is the double blessing: for her service the sage frees her from slavery and grants her a righteous child, 'the best of all the wise.' Here is the fruit of satsanga and seva: serving a saint with faith, the lowborn is raised up, gaining both freedom and blessed offspring; communion with a saint frees one from bondage — both outward bondage and the bondage of samsara. Telling too is that her son will be more perfect than both royal sons — free of blindness and of pallor: the mother's calm and devotion granted a flawless offspring. Thus the scripture shows that humble service to a saint surpasses rank and yields the highest fruit, and that the state of a mother's heart determines the perfection of her child.