"To lap his careless soul in ease, And mar his long austerities. 'Ten years have past, each day and night Unheeded in delusive flight. So long my fervent rites were stayed, While thus I lay by love betrayed.' As thus long sighs the hermit heaved, And, touched with deep repentance, grieved, He saw the fair one standing nigh With suppliant hands and trembling eye. With gentle words he bade her go, Then sought the northern hills of snow. With firm resolve he vowed to beat The might of love beneath his feet. Still northward to the distant side Of Kaus'ikÃ, the hermit hide, And gave his life to penance there With rites austere most hard to bear."
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Valmiki in Ramayana, translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith in: The Ramayana/Book I/Canto LXIII: Menaká, Wikisource.
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Menaka
Menaka or Menka (Sanskrit:: मेनका), in Hindu mythology, is considered one of the most beautiful of the heavenly Apsaras. She was sent by Indra, the king of the Devas, to break the severe penance undertaken by Vishwamitra. Vishwamitra was one of the most respected and revered sages in ancient India. Indra, frightened by his powers, sent a beautiful celestial nymph named Menaka from heaven to earth to lure him and break his meditation. Menaka successfully incited Vishwamitra's lust and passion whe
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