Shloka 32
Ṛśyaśṛṅgopākhyāna-praveśaḥ — Lomāśa narrates the origins of Ṛśyaśṛṅga and the Anga drought (ऋश्यशृङ्गोपाख्यान-प्रवेशः)
लोगश उवाच विभाण्डकस्य विप्रर्षेस्तपसा भावितात्मन: । अमोघवीर्यस्य सत: प्रजापतिसमद्युते:,लोमशजीने कहा--राजन! ब्रह्मर्षि विभाण्डकका अन्तःकरण तपस्यासे पवित्र हो गया था। वे प्रजापतिके समान तेजस्वी और अमोघवीर्य महात्मा थे। उनके प्रतापी पुत्र ऋष्यशृंगका जन्म कैसे हुआ, यह बताता हूँ, सुनो। जैसे विभाण्डक मुनि परम पूजनीय थे, वैसे ही उनका पुत्र भी बड़ा तेजस्वी हुआ। वह बाल्यावस्थामें भी वृद्ध पुरुषोंद्वारा सम्मानित होता था
lomaśa uvāca
vibhāṇḍakasya viprarṣes tapasa bhāvitātmanaḥ |
amoghavīryasya sataḥ prajāpati-samadyuteḥ ||
Lomaśa said: “O king, the inner being of the brahmarṣi Vibhāṇḍaka had been purified and strengthened by austerity. He was a true and noble sage, of unfailing spiritual potency, radiant like Prajāpati himself.”
लोगश उवाच
Educational Q&A
Austerity (tapas) is presented as a force that refines the inner self (bhāvitātmā) and yields reliable spiritual efficacy (amoghavīrya). The verse frames moral authority as arising from disciplined purity and truthfulness (sat), not merely from birth or status.
Lomaśa begins a descriptive introduction of the sage Vibhāṇḍaka, praising his ascetic purity and radiance like Prajāpati. This serves as a prelude to the ensuing account connected with Vibhāṇḍaka’s lineage (notably the Ṛśyaśṛṅga episode in the surrounding passage).