अहो कथं हि सा लभ्या यत्प्रभावोयमीदृशः । धिग्जन्म तेषां मर्त्येऽस्मिन्यैर्नैक्षि ज्ञानवापिका
aho kathaṃ hi sā labhyā yatprabhāvoyamīdṛśaḥ | dhigjanma teṣāṃ martye'sminyairnaikṣi jñānavāpikā
Ai! Como alcançar aquele (poço sagrado) cujo poder é tão extraordinário? Vergonha do nascimento dos mortais neste mundo que nem sequer viram Jñānavāpī.
Kalāvatī’s attendants (addressing her)
Tirtha: Jñānavāpī
Type: kund
Scene: Attendants exclaim in wonder, hands raised in astonishment and devotion, lamenting those who never beheld Jñānavāpī; the sacred well is imagined as radiant in the mind’s eye.
Human life is considered fulfilled by tīrtha-darśana; neglecting sacred opportunities is portrayed as a loss of rare spiritual fortune.
Jñānavāpī in Kāśī.
An implied prescription: seek darśana (visit and behold) of Jñānavāpī to partake of its praised prabhāva.