Virata Parva 9.13
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Virata Parva Chapter 9 · Verse 13
Sanskrit Original
का त्वं ब्रूहि यथा भद्रे नासि दासी कथंचना यक्षी वा यदि वा देवी गन्धर्वी यदि वाप्सराः॥ देवकन्या भुजङ्गी वा नगरस्याथ देवता। विद्याधरी किन्नरी वा यदि वा रोहिणी स्वयम्॥ अलम्बुषा मिश्रकेशी पुण्डरीकाथ मालिनी। इन्द्राणि वारुणी वा त्वं त्वष्टुर्धातुः प्रजापतेः। देव्यो देवेषु विख्यातास्तासां त्वं कतमा शुभे॥
O gentle one, tell me who you are; you cannot be a maid-servant; are you a Yakshi or a goddess, a Gandharvi or an Apsara (nymph)? are you the daughter of a celestials or female Naga? is a presiding deity of the city? Are you a Vidyadhari or a Kinnari or Rohini herself? Are you Alambusha or Mishrakeshi Pundarika or Malini or the queen of Indra or Varuna, or are you the wife of Vishvakarma or of the Prajapati himself? These goddesses are renowned in the regions of celestials; of these who are you, O beautiful one?