शीर्णपर्णेन चैकेन पारयाम् आस चापरम् ॥
संवत्सरं तीव्रकोपा पादाङ्गुष्ठाग्रधिष्ठिता ॥
एवं द्वादश वर्षाणि तापयाम् आस रोदसी ॥
निवर्त्यमानापि तु सा ज्ञातिभिर् नैव शक्यते ॥
ततो ऽगमद् वत्सभूमिं सिद्धचारणसेविताम् ॥
आश्रमं पुण्यशीलानां तापसानां महात्मनाम् ॥
तत्र पुण्येषु देशेषु साप्लुताङ्गी दिवानिशम् ॥
व्यचरत् काशिकन्या सा यथाकामविचारिणी ॥
नन्दाश्रमे महाराज ततोलूकाश्रमे शुभे ॥
च्यवनस्याश्रमे चैव ब्रह्मणः स्थान एव च ॥
śīrṇaparṇena caikena pārayām āsa cāparam ||
saṃvatsaraṃ tīvrakopā pādāṅguṣṭhāgradhiṣṭhitā ||
evaṃ dvādaśa varṣāṇi tāpayām āsa rodasī ||
nivartyamānāpi tu sā jñātibhir naiva śakyate ||
tato 'gamad vatsabhūmiṃ siddhacāraṇasevitām ||
āśramaṃ puṇyaśīlānāṃ tāpasānāṃ mahātmanām ||
tatra puṇyeṣu deśeṣu sāplutāṅgī divāniśam ||
vyacarat kāśikanyā sā yathākāmavicāriṇī ||
nandāśrame mahārāja tatolūkāśrame śubhe ||
cyavanasyāśrame caiva brahmaṇaḥ sthāna eva ca ||
"Then for another year she subsisted on a single fallen leaf, standing on the tips of her toes, burning with fierce anger. Thus for twelve years she scorched heaven and earth with her fervor. Though her kinsfolk tried to dissuade her, it could not be done. She then went to the land of the Vatsas, frequented by siddhas and cāraṇas, to the hermitage of great ascetics of holy conduct. There, in those sacred lands, the daughter of Kāśi, having bathed her whole body, wandered day and night wherever she pleased. She dwelt in the hermitage of Nanda, then in the auspicious hermitage of Ulūka, in the hermitage of Cyavana, and at the abode of Brahmā."
eaaabeb194e8 · 发布于 2026年7月17日 06:42:04 UTC
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After the duel is halted, Ambā does not accept defeat as the end. Rāma acknowledges the limit of his own strength, while she turns her pain into a fierce asceticism aimed at Bhīṣma's destruction. The chapter reveals the dangerous side of resolve: a vow can elevate, but when fed by anger alone, it warps the path it follows. Gaṅgā's words are especially telling: Ambā's desire is not dismissed as empty, but she is shown the heavy form its fruit will take. Ambā's austerity becomes a power capable of carrying over into another birth, yet at the same time it makes her like a difficult, dangerous, winding river.