Shloka 47
Āṇīmāṇḍavya–Upākhyāna
The Account of Āṇīmāṇḍavya and the Birth of Vidura
स ददर्श तदा कनन््यां दाशानां देवरूपिणीम् | तामपृच्छत् स दृष्टवैव कन््यामसितलोचनाम्,घूमते-घूमते उन्होंने मल्लाहोंकी एक कन्या देखी, जो देवांगनाओंके समान रूपवती थी। श्याम नेत्रोंवाली उस कन्याको देखते ही राजाने पूछा---
sa dadarśa tadā kanyāṃ dāśānāṃ devarūpiṇīm | tām apṛcchat sa dṛṣṭvaiva kanyām asitalocanām |
Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Da erblickte er unter den Fischern ein Mädchen, schön wie eine himmlische Nymphe. Sobald der König die Dunkeläugige sah, fragte er sie.“
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds a common Mahābhārata ethical tension: powerful figures encounter beauty and desire, and the next step—how one inquires, acts, and respects social and personal boundaries—becomes a test of dharma.
The narrator states that a king sees a remarkably beautiful, dark-eyed maiden from the fisherfolk community and, immediately upon seeing her, begins to question her—setting up the ensuing dialogue and its consequences.