नंदिन्युवाच । अहं गता महारण्ये ह्यद्य पुत्र यथेच्छया । व्याघ्रेणासादिता तत्र भ्रममाणा इतस्ततः
naṃdinyuvāca | ahaṃ gatā mahāraṇye hyadya putra yathecchayā | vyāghreṇāsāditā tatra bhramamāṇā itastataḥ
नंदिनी म्हणाली—हे पुत्रा, आज मी इच्छेप्रमाणे महान अरण्यात गेले. तिथे इकडे-तिकडे फिरत असताना एका वाघाने मला गाठले.
Nandinī
Listener: putra
Scene: Nandinī in a dense forest, turning as a tiger confronts her; tension between wild nature and her composed speech as narrator.
A dharmic story often begins with a sudden encounter with danger, preparing the ground for vows, truth, and divine moral order.
The verse situates the event in a “great forest” within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya; it does not specify a named tīrtha here.
None.