Shloka 16
Kirmīra-rākṣasa-saṃgamaḥ (Encounter and Slaying of Kirmīra) | किर्मीरेण सह भीमसेनसमागमः
अतिष्ठस्त्वमथैकेन पादेन नियमस्थित: । लोवप्रवृत्तिहेतुस्त्वमिति व्यासो ममाब्रवीत्,गोविन्द! आप पुण्यात्मा पुरुषोंके निवासयोग्य प्रभासतीर्थमें जाकर लोगोंको तपमें प्रवृत्त करनेके लिये शौच-संतोषादि नियमोंमें स्थित हो महातेजस्वी स्वरूपसे एक सहस्र दिव्य वर्षोतक एक ही पैरसे खड़े रहे। ये सब बातें मुझसे श्रीव्यासजीने बतायी हैं
atiṣṭhas tvam athaikena pādena niyama-sthitaḥ | loka-pravṛtti-hetus tvam iti vyāso mamābravīt, govinda | āpa puṇyātmā puruṣoṁ-ke nivāsa-yogya prabhāsatīrtha-meṁ jākar logoṁ-ko tap-meṁ pravṛtta karane-ke liye śauca-santoṣādi niyamoṁ-meṁ sthita ho mahā-tejasvī svarūp-se eka-sahasra divya-varṣotaka eka hī pair-se khaḍe rahe | ye sab bāteṁ mujhse śrī-vyāsajī-ne batāyī haiṁ
Arjuna said: “You stood on a single foot, established in self-restraint. Vyasa told me, ‘You are the cause that sets people in motion toward righteous discipline, O Govinda.’ Having gone to the sacred Prabhasa-tirtha, a place fit for the dwelling of the virtuous, you remained steadfast in vows such as purity and contentment, standing on one foot for a thousand divine years in a form of great radiance—so as to inspire people toward austerity. All this, Vyasa has related to me.”
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