Shloka 34
Kapālamocana-tīrtha (Auśanasa) and Balarāma’s Sarasvatī Pilgrimage
जायन्तीं रुचिरापाड़ीं दिग्वाससमनिन्दिताम् | सरस्वत्यां महाराज चस्कन्दे वीर्यमम्भसि
jayantīṃ rucirāpāṅgīṃ digvāsasam aninditām | sarasvatyāṃ mahārāja caskande vīryam ambhasi ||
Vaiśampāyana disse: “Ó grande rei, houve certa vez uma jovem irrepreensível e bela—Jayantī—de olhares encantadores, banhando-se nas águas do Sarasvatī. Pela força do destino, o olhar do sábio Maṅkaṇaka recaiu sobre ela, e seu sêmen foi expelido involuntariamente e caiu na água.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights how even ascetics can be tested by sudden sensory contact, and frames the event as daiva (fate), underscoring the ethical importance of vigilance and self-restraint (saṃyama) rather than complacency.
A woman named Jayantī is bathing in the Sarasvatī; the sage Maṅkaṇaka happens to see her, and his semen is involuntarily discharged into the river water, setting up subsequent narrative consequences.