[Advaita-l] Maha Pativrataas

[Divya Meedin]

Namaste sir,

I referred the Mahabharatha and turns out a King of Vidarbha was also named
Bheema and Damayanti was his daughter (Nalopaakhyanam).

Regards

2018-07-08 11:04 GMT+05:30 V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>:

> Nice citation.  Is the Damayanti mentioned here the daughter of Bhima of
> Mahabharata?
>
>
> regards
>
> 2018-07-08 10:16 GMT+05:30 Divya Meedin via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>:
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>> Namaste
>>
>> In Sundara Kaand of Vaalmiki Ramayana Sarga 24, Lokamaathaa Sita says,
>>
>> दीनो वा राज्यहीनो वा
>> यो मे भर्ता स मे गुरुः ।
>> तं नित्यमनुरक्ताऽस्मि
>> यथा सूर्यं सुवर्चला ॥
>>
>> Regardless of whether he is miserable or has lost his kingdom, he, my
>> husband, is my lord. I am always in love with him and only him, as
>> Suvarcala is with the sun.
>>
>>
>> यथा शची महाभागा
>> शक्रं समुपतिष्ठति ।
>> अरुन्धती वसिष्ठं च
>> रोहिणी शशिनं यथा ।
>> लोपामुद्रा यथाऽगस्त्यम्
>> सुकन्या च्यवनं यथा ।
>> सावित्री सत्यवन्तं च
>> कपिलं श्रीमती यथा ।
>> सौदासं मदयन्तीव
>> केशिनी सगरं यथा ।
>> नैषधं दमयन्तीव
>> भैमी पतिमनुव्रता ।
>> तथाऽहमिक्ष्वाकुवरम्
>> रामं पतिमनुव्रता ॥
>> Just as the blessed Ṡaci stayed bound to Ṡakra, Arundhati to Vasishṭha,
>> Rōhiṇee to the moon, Lōpāmudrā to Agastya, Sukanyā to Cyavana, Sāvitri to
>> Satyavanta, Ṡreematee to Kapila, Madayantee to Saudāsa, Kēṡinee to
>> Sagara, and
>> just as Damayanti, the daughter of Bheema, religiously followed
>> Naishadha, I
>> follow my husband Rāma, the foremost of Ikshwākus.
>>
>>
>> I require some help in learning more about the stories of these great
>> *Pativrataas.*
>>
>> I have already come across the Sukanyā-Cyavana Upaakhyaanam, and the
>> Sāvitri-Satyavanta
>> Upaakhyaanaam in Srimad Devi Bhaagavatam.
>>
>> Could the esteemed members point me to resources containing the stories of
>> (1)  Ṡaci-Ṡakra
>> (2)  Arundhati-Vasishṭha
>> (3)  Rōhiṇee-Chandra
>> (4)  Lōpāmudrā-Agastya
>> (5)  Ṡreematee-Kapila
>> (6)  Madayantee-Saudāsa
>> (7)  Kēṡinee-Sagara
>> (8)  Damayanti-Naishadha
>> (9)  Suvarchala-Surya
>>
>> Would be grateful for any guidance.
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