Mahabharat

siva.sh/mahabharat/adi-parva/65/21

तपसा दीप्तवीर्यॊ ऽयं सथानान मा चयावयेद इति भीतः पुरंदरस तस्मान मेनकाम इदम अब्रवीत ॥ १-६५-२१ ॥

sanskrit

'Alarmed by the thought that the potent ascetic's fervent penance might unseat him from his celestial throne, Indra summoned Menaka and said, 'You, Menaka, are the foremost among celestial Apsaras.'' ॥ 1-65-21 ॥

english translation

tapasA dIptavIryò 'yaM sathAnAna mA cayAvayeda iti bhItaH puraMdarasa tasmAna menakAma idama abravIta ॥ 1-65-21 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/adi-parva/65/21

तपसा दीप्तवीर्यॊ ऽयं सथानान मा चयावयेद इति भीतः पुरंदरस तस्मान मेनकाम इदम अब्रवीत ॥ १-६५-२१ ॥

sanskrit

'Alarmed by the thought that the potent ascetic's fervent penance might unseat him from his celestial throne, Indra summoned Menaka and said, 'You, Menaka, are the foremost among celestial Apsaras.'' ॥ 1-65-21 ॥

english translation

tapasA dIptavIryò 'yaM sathAnAna mA cayAvayeda iti bhItaH puraMdarasa tasmAna menakAma idama abravIta ॥ 1-65-21 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript