Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 8
Pūru-vaṁśa, Duṣmanta–Śakuntalā, and the Rise of Mahārāja Bharata
दुष्मन्तो मृगयां यात: कण्वाश्रमपदं गत: । तत्रासीनां स्वप्रभया मण्डयन्तीं रमामिव ॥ ८ ॥ विलोक्य सद्यो मुमुहे देवमायामिव स्त्रियम् । बभाषे तां वरारोहां भटै: कतिपयैर्वृत: ॥ ९ ॥
duṣmanto mṛgayāṁ yātaḥ kaṇvāśrama-padaṁ gataḥ tatrāsīnāṁ sva-prabhayā maṇḍayantīṁ ramām iva
ある時、ドゥシュマンタ王は森で狩りをして疲れ果て、カṇヴァ牟尼の庵へと赴いた。そこで王は、ラクシュミー女神のごとき至上の美を備え、自らの光輝で全アーシュラマを飾り照らして座す一人の女性を見た。王はその美に自然と惹かれ、数名の兵を伴って近づき、彼女に語りかけた。
FAQs
He met her at the hermitage of sage Kaṇva, where she was seated and appeared radiant like Lakṣmī.
Because her natural radiance and beauty seemed to adorn the entire hermitage, reminiscent of Lakṣmī’s auspicious splendor.
It suggests that purity (like an āśrama) and inner radiance can reveal extraordinary grace—training us to perceive sacredness beyond external status.