Shloka 23
Uttanka’s Guru-Śuśrūṣā and the Commission to Retrieve the Maṇikuṇḍalas (उत्तङ्क-गुरुशुश्रूषा तथा मणिकुण्डल-आदेशः)
अथ तेनैव मार्गेण शड्खचक्रगदाधर:,सलिल विप्रमुख्येभ्यो मातड्स्रोतसा विभो | तदनन्तर शंख, चक्र और गदा धारण करनेवाले भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण उसी मार्गसे प्रकट होकर आये। उन्हें देखकर महामति उत्तंकने कहा--'पुरुषोत्तम! प्रभो! आपको श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मणोंके लिये चाण्डालसे स्पर्श किया हुआ वैसा अपवित्र जल देना उचित नहीं है!
atha tenaiva mārgeṇa śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-dharaḥ salila-vipramukhyebhyo mātṛ-srotasā vibho | tad-anantaraṃ śaṅkhaṃ cakraṃ ca gadāṃ dhārayamāṇo bhagavān śrī-kṛṣṇas tenaiva mārgeṇa prakaṭī-bhūya ājagāma | taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahā-matir uttaṅka uvāca— “puruṣottama prabho! bhavataḥ śreṣṭha-brāhmaṇebhyaś caṇḍāla-spṛṣṭaṃ tathā apavitraṃ jalaṃ dātuṃ na yuktam” iti |
Then, along that very same path, the Lord—bearing conch, discus, and mace—appeared, O Mighty One, by the stream called Mātṛ-srotas, where the foremost of Brahmins were present. Seeing him, the great-minded Uttanka spoke: “Supreme Person, Lord! It is not proper for you to offer to excellent Brahmins such impure water—water that has been touched by a Caṇḍāla.”
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