{"kanda":1,"kandaName":"Bāla Kāṇḍa","sarga":63,"title":"Story of Viśvāmitra: Rambhā and the failure to master anger","sentence":"Indra sends Rambhā to tempt him, Viśvāmitra turns her to stone and realizes that anger has again consumed his austerity","portion":"Story of Viśvāmitra","sequence":[[{"steps":["Indra orders Rambhā to seduce Viśvāmitra (63.1)"],"from":1,"to":1,"sarga":63},{"steps":["she protests that she fears Viśvāmitra's wrath","Indra reassures her, promising to support her in springtime as a cuckoo, with Kāma beside him (63.2–6)"],"from":2,"to":6,"sarga":63},{"steps":["she assumes an enchanting form and approaches","Viśvāmitra hears the cuckoo and her song and looks at her with pleasure (63.7–8)"],"from":7,"to":8,"sarga":63},{"steps":["suspicion follows","recognizing Indra's scheme, he angrily curses her to remain stone for ten thousand years, until a powerful brāhmaṇa frees her (63.9–12)"],"from":9,"to":12,"sarga":63},{"steps":["Rambhā turns to stone, and Kāma departs","Viśvāmitra feels remorse: his anger has again consumed his austerity and shown that he has not mastered his senses (63.13–15)."],"from":13,"to":15,"sarga":63}]],"verses":[{"v":1,"ref":"1.063.001","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"surakāryam idaṃ rambhe kartavyaṃ sumahat tvayā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"lobhanaṃ kauśikasyeha kāmamohasamanvitam","q":null}],"tr":"“This is a very great service to the gods that must be done by you, O Rambhā — the seduction of Kauśika here, joined with the delusion of desire.","w":[["surakāryam","a service to the gods","",[["sura","god"],["kārya","task, service"]]],["idaṃ","this"],["rambhe","O Rambhā"],["kartavyaṃ","to be done"],["sumahat","very great","",[["su","very"],["mahat","great"]]],["tvayā","by you"],["lobhanaṃ","the enticement, seduction"],["kauśikasyeha","of Kauśika here","kauśikasya iha"],["kāmamohasamanvitam","joined with the delusion of desire","",[["kāma","desire"],["moha","delusion"],["samanvita","accompanied by, joined with"]]]]},{"v":2,"ref":"1.063.002","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tathoktā sāpsarā rāma sahasrākṣeṇa dhīmatā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"vrīḍitā prāñjalir bhūtvā pratyuvāca sureśvaram","q":null}],"tr":"Addressed thus, O Rāma, by the wise thousand-eyed one, that apsaras, embarrassed, with palms joined, replied to the lord of the gods:","w":[["tathoktā","thus addressed","tathā uktā"],["sāpsarā","that apsaras","sā apsarā"],["rāma","O Rāma"],["sahasrākṣeṇa","by the thousand-eyed one","",[["sahasra","thousand"],["akṣa","eye"]]],["dhīmatā","by the wise one","",[["dhī","wisdom"],["-mat","possessing"]]],["vrīḍitā","embarrassed, ashamed"],["prāñjalir","with palms joined","prāñjaliḥ"],["bhūtvā","having become"],["pratyuvāca","replied"],["sureśvaram","to the lord of the gods","",[["sura","god"],["īśvara","lord"]]]]},{"v":3,"ref":"1.063.003","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"ayaṃ surapate ghoro viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"krodham utsrakṣyate ghoraṃ mayi deva na saṃśayaḥ","q":null},{"p":"e","t":"tato hi me bhayaṃ deva prasādaṃ kartum arhasi","q":null}],"tr":"“This terrible great sage Viśvāmitra, O lord of the gods, will loose his terrible wrath upon me, O god — there is no doubt. 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