Mahabharata — Udyoga Parva, Shloka 187
भीष्म–रामसंयुगनिवृत्तिः
Bhishma and Rama: Restraint and Withdrawal in the Engagement
तदनन्तर उन महर्षियोंके देखते-देखते उस साध्वी एवं सुन्दरी कन्याने उस वनसे बहुत- सी लकड़ियोंका संग्रह किया और एक विशाल चिता बनाकर उसमें आग लगा दी। महाराज! जब आग प्रज्वलित हो गयी
tadanantaraṁ un maharṣiyoṁ ke dekhate-dekhate us sādhvī evaṁ sundarī kanyāne us vanase bahuta-sī lakṛiyoṁ kā saṅgraha kiyā aura eka viśāla citā banākara usmeṁ āga lagā dī | mahārāja! jab āga prajvalita ho gayī, taba vah krodhase jalate hue hṛdayase bhīṣmake vadhakā saṅkalpa bolakara us agnimeṁ praveśa kara gayī | rājan! is prakāra kāśirājkī vah jyeṣṭha putrī ambā dūsare janmameṁ yamunānadīke kināre citākī āgameṁ jalakara bhasma ho gayī ||
其后，在诸位大圣仙的眼前，那位贞淑而美丽的少女从林中聚集了大量柴薪，筑起一座巨大的柴堆，并点燃了火。大王啊，待火焰腾起之时，她心中怒火炽盛，口宣“誓为毗湿摩之死”之决意，遂投入烈焰。王啊，如此，迦尸王的长女安芭便在阎牟那河畔的柴火中焚尽成灰。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights how a fixed vow born of unresolved injustice and anger can carry across lives, shaping karmic outcomes. It cautions that personal injury, when converted into consuming wrath, can become a destiny-making force that later fuels wider conflict.
Ambā, watched by sages, gathers wood, builds a pyre, and enters the fire after declaring her resolve to cause Bhīṣma’s death. She is burned to ashes on the Yamunā’s bank, setting the stage for her purpose to be pursued in a subsequent birth.