Vamana Purana — Ritadhvaja Aids Galava, Shloka 36
Ritadhvaja’s Aid to Galava and Andhaka’s Infatuation with Gauri
न पिरज्ञातवांस्तत्र का तु सा गिरिकन्यका नात्राश्चर्यं न पश्यन्ति चत्वारो ऽमी सदैव हि
na pirajñātavāṃstatra kā tu sā girikanyakā nātrāścaryaṃ na paśyanti catvāro 'mī sadaiva hi
Là, il ne la reconnut pas : qui donc était cette jeune fille née de la montagne ? Il n’y a rien d’étonnant : ces quatre-là, en vérité, ne voient jamais rien.
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FAQs
‘Girikanyakā’ is Girijā—Pārvatī—so called because she is ‘born of the mountain’ (traditionally the Himālaya). The verse highlights Andhaka’s failure to recognize the Goddess’s true identity.
The next verse enumerates them as four kinds of blindness: congenital blindness, passion-blindness, intoxication-madness, and greed-driven blindness. The ‘four’ are thus moral-psychological conditions, not four persons.
Only indirectly through the epithet ‘mountain-maiden.’ The verse itself does not name Himālaya, a river, or a pilgrimage site; it remains within narrative description.