प्रयागे देवयजने देवारण्येषु चैव ह ॥
भोगवत्यां तथा राजन् कौशिकस्याश्रमे तथा ॥
माण्डव्यस्याश्रमे राजन् दिलीपस्याश्रमे तथा ॥
रामह्रदे च कौरव्य पैलगार्ग्यस्य चाश्रमे ॥
एतेषु तीर्थेषु तदा काशिकन्या विशां पते ॥
आप्लावयत गात्राणि तीव्रम् आस्थाय वै तपः ॥
ताम् अब्रवीत् कौरवेय मम माता जलोत्थिता ॥
किमर्थं क्लिश्यसे भद्रे तथ्यम् एतद् ब्रवीहि मे ॥
सैनाम् अथाब्रवीद् राजन् कृताञ्जलिर् अनिन्दिता ॥
भीष्मो रामेण समरे न जितश् चारुलोचने ॥
prayāge devayajane devāraṇyeṣu caiva ha ||
bhogavatyāṃ tathā rājan kauśikasyāśrame tathā ||
māṇḍavyasyāśrame rājan dilīpasyāśrame tathā ||
rāmahrade ca kauravya pailagārgyasya cāśrame ||
eteṣu tīrtheṣu tadā kāśikanyā viśāṃ pate ||
āplāvayata gātrāṇi tīvram āsthāya vai tapaḥ ||
tām abravīt kauraveya mama mātā jalotthitā ||
kimarthaṃ kliśyase bhadre tathyam etad bravīhi me ||
sainām athābravīd rājan kṛtāñjalir aninditā ||
bhīṣmo rāmeṇa samare na jitaś cārulocane ||
"She went to Prayāga, to the place of sacrifice to the gods, to the divine forests, to Bhogavatī, O king, and to the hermitage of Kauśika; to the hermitage of Māṇḍavya, O king, and to the hermitage of Dilīpa, to Rāma's lake, O Kauravya, and to the hermitage of Paila-Gārgya. At these tīrthas, O lord of peoples, the daughter of Kāśi bathed her limbs, taking upon herself a harsh asceticism. Then my mother, rising up out of the water, said to her, O Kauravya: 'Why do you torment yourself so, O gracious one? Tell me the truth of this.' Then the blameless maiden, joining her palms, answered her, O king: 'Rāma did not defeat Bhīṣma in battle, O fair-eyed one.'"
0b8136a6f202 · 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.