सा तत्र योषा रुदती जलार्थिनी; गङ्गां देवीं व्यवगाह्यावतिष्ठत् ॥
तस्याश्रुबिन्दुः पतितो जले वै; तत् पद्मम् आसीद् अथ तत्र काञ्चनम् ॥
तद् अद्भुतं प्रेक्ष्य वज्री तदानीम्; अपृच्छत् तां योषितम् अन्तिकाद् वै ॥
का त्वं कथं रोदिषि कस्य हेतोर्; वाक्यं तथ्यं कामयेह ब्रवीहि ॥
sā tatra yoṣā rudatī jalārthinī; gaṅgāṃ devīṃ vyavagāhyāvatiṣṭhat ||
tasyāśrubinduḥ patito jale vai; tat padmam āsīd atha tatra kāñcanam ||
tad adbhutaṃ prekṣya vajrī tadānīm; apṛcchat tāṃ yoṣitam antikād vai ||
kā tvaṃ kathaṃ rodiṣi kasya hetor; vākyaṃ tathyaṃ kāmayeha bravīhi ||
"That woman, weeping, seeking water, stood immersed in the goddess Ganga; her teardrop, falling into the water, became there a golden lotus. Seeing that wonder, the thunderbolt-bearer asked her closely: 'Who are you, why do you weep, for what reason? Speak here the true word.'"
9d16a9978d3d · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:44:41 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here even the tears of a divine woman are transmuted into gold. It is telling that her sorrow gives birth to a golden lotus: in a wondrous being even grief is miraculous. This is a sign that before Indra stands no ordinary woman, but the embodiment of a gracious power. Thus scripture shows the marvelous nature of her being; and Indra's question opens the way to the answer.