Ahilyabai Holkar · Sanskrit Story
The Portuguese and the Pilgrims
यात्रिकाणां च विदेशीयानां च संघर्षः
S.N. Sen — History of the Marathas; Holkar correspondence records; Portuguese colonial archives reference in Grant Duff · Beginner Sanskrit
Moral · नीतिः
धर्मस्य रक्षणं सीमाः न जानाति।
Dharmasya rakṣaṇaṃ sīmāḥ na jānāti.
“The protection of dharma knows no boundary.”
Sacred Dwarka Under Threat
द्वारका — सप्तपुरीषु एका — समुद्रतटे। यात्रिकाः नौकाभिः गच्छन्ति स्म — भक्त्या, साहसेन च। परन्तु विदेशीयाः समुद्रे — यात्रिकान् बाधन्ते स्म। अहिल्यायाः कर्णेषु समाचारः आगतः। सा कोपेन नास्ति — विचारेण अस्ति।
Dwarka — one of the seven sacred cities — on the ocean shore. Pilgrims would travel there by boat — with devotion and courage. But foreign traders in the sea — were troubling the pilgrims. News reached Ahilya's ears. She was not in anger — she was in thought.
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