Shloka 25
Indratīrtha–Ādityatīrtha: Balarāma’s Ritual Bathing, Dāna, and Sacred-Historical Recollections
न वैमनस्यं तस्यास्तु मुखभेदो5थवाभवत् | शरीरमग्निना55दीप्य जलमध्ये यथा स्थिता
na vaimanasyam tasyāstu mukhabhedo 'thavābhavat | śarīram agninā dīpya jalamadhye yathā sthitā ||
ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಅವಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕಿಂಚಿತ್ತೂ ಮನೋವಿಷಾದ ಉಂಟಾಗಲಿಲ್ಲ; ಮುಖಕಾಂತಿಯಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಯಾವುದೇ ಬದಲಾವಣೆ ಕಾಣಲಿಲ್ಲ. ದೇಹವು ಅಗ್ನಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಜ್ವಲಿಸಿದರೂ ಅವಳು ಶಾಂತವಾಗಿ ನಿಂತಳು—ನೀರಿನೊಳಗೆ ನಿಂತವಳಂತೆ—ಮನಸಿನಿಂದಲೂ ಮುಖದಿಂದಲೂ ಅಚಲವಾಗಿ।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights inner steadiness (dhairya) and self-mastery: even amid extreme suffering, a person firmly resolved in dharma does not succumb to despair, and their outward composure reflects inward discipline.
The narrator describes a woman undergoing burning in fire, yet showing no mental sorrow and no change in facial radiance—an image of extraordinary calm, compared to someone standing in water while flames blaze.