🪷 Mahābhārata · 3.180.23

Vana-Parva (Āraṇyaka) · The Book of the Forest · Chapter 180 · Verse 23

परॊवाच कृष्णाम अपि याज्ञसेनीं; दशार्ह भर्ता सहितः सुहृद्भिः
कृष्णे धनुर्वेद रतिप्रधानाः; सत्यव्रतास ते शिशवः सुशीलाः
सद्भिः सदैवाचरितं समाधिं; चरन्ति पुत्रास तव याज्ञसेनि

— Mahābhārata 3.180.23 · canonical Devanāgarī Sanskrit yathārtha

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This is verse 23 of Chapter 180 in Vana-Parva (Āraṇyaka) (Parva 3 of 18)
Parva theme: 12-year forest exile · Nala-Damayantī · Sāvitrī · Yakṣa-Praśna (ch 313)
Total verses in this Parva: 10,318

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