🪷 Mahābhārata · 3.249.6

Vana-Parva (Āraṇyaka) · The Book of the Forest · Chapter 249 · Verse 6

अहं तु राज्ञः सुरथस्य पुत्रॊ; यं कॊटिकाश्येति विदुर मनुष्याः
असौ तु यस तिष्ठति काञ्चनाङ्गे; रथे हुतॊ ऽगनिश चयने यथैव
तरिगर्तराजः कमलायताक्षि; कषेमंकरॊ नाम स एष वीरः

— Mahābhārata 3.249.6 · canonical Devanāgarī Sanskrit yathārtha

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This is verse 6 of Chapter 249 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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