Madālasā

The Ṛṣikās · Ṛṣis and Ṛṣikās

The gandharva princess born again from a nāga king's hood, who sang her infant sons awake to the Self, taught Alarka a king's duty at her husband's asking, and left him a ring that sent him to Dattātreya.

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The lullaby: Śuddho 'si

Her lullaby as it is sung: a verse that names her as the singer, then the eight she sang to her infant son over his cradle.

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The lullaby to Vikrānta

Sung by Madālasā to her first son, Vikrānta, as he cried in his cradle: the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa's own telling.

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The lullaby to Alarka

Sung by Madālasā to her youngest son, Alarka, when his father asked her to raise him to rule: the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa's own telling.

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