The story of Rishyashringa Rishyashringa, of dreaded name, was born as a son to Vibhandaka, who was a Brahmana saint, who had cultured his soul by means of religious austerities, whose seed never failed in causing generation, and who was learned and bright like the Lord of beings. The father was highly honoured, and the son was possessed of a mighty spirit, and, though a boy, was respected by aged man. That son of Kashyapa, Vibhandaka, having proceeded to a big lake, devoted himself to the practice of penances. That same saint, comparable to a god, laboured for a long period. Once while he was washing his mouth in the waters, he beheld the celestial nymph Urvasi, whereupon came out his seminal fluid. A hind at that time lapped it up along with the water that she was drinking, being athirst; and from this cause she became with child. That same hind had really been a daughter of the gods, and had been told of yore by the holy Brahma, “You shall be a hind; and when in that fo...