गन्धर्व उवाच
एवम् उक्तस् तदा पार्थ विश्वामित्रो बलाद् इव ॥
हंसचन्द्रप्रतीकाशां नन्दिनीं तां जहार गाम् ॥
कशादण्डप्रतिहता काल्यमाना ततस् ततः ॥
हम्भायमाना कल्याणी वसिष्ठस्याथ नन्दिनी ॥
आगम्याभिमुखी पार्थ तस्थौ भगवदुन्मुखी ॥
भृशं च ताड्यमानापि न जगामाश्रमात् ततः ॥
gandharva uvāca
evam uktas tadā pārtha viśvāmitro balād iva ||
haṃsacandrapratīkāśāṃ nandinīṃ tāṃ jahāra gām ||
kaśādaṇḍapratihatā kālyamānā tatas tataḥ ||
hambhāyamānā kalyāṇī vasiṣṭhasyātha nandinī ||
āgamyābhimukhī pārtha tasthau bhagavadunmukhī ||
bhṛśaṃ ca tāḍyamānāpi na jagāmāśramāt tataḥ ||
"Thus addressed, then, O Partha, Vishvamitra by force led away that cow Nandini, resembling in whiteness a swan and the moon. Struck by whip and stick, driven this way and that, lowing, the auspicious Nandini of Vasishtha, having come, stood before Vasishtha, her muzzle raised toward him; and though violently beaten, she did not go from the hermitage."
8ff709d141f7 · 发布于 2026年7月12日 17:29:43 UTC
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Here a devoted being in distress presses close to its master. It is significant that the cow, though beaten, does not flee nor submit to the aggressor, but "raising her muzzle" turns toward Vasishtha: the devoted one in suffering seeks not deliverance in general, but the gaze of its own master. This is an image of the soul taking refuge in the Lord: hunted, it does not leave its shelter. Thus the scripture shows the faithfulness of the devoted, who holds fast to what is her own even under blows -- and Nandini, not leaving the hermitage, entrusts herself to Vasishtha.