🪷 Mahābhārata · 3.253.11

Vana-Parva (Āraṇyaka) · The Book of the Forest · Chapter 253 · Verse 11

किं रॊदिषि तवं पतिता धरण्यां; किं ते मुखं शुष्यति दीनवर्णम
कच चिन न पापैः सुनृशंस कृद भिः; परमाथिता दरौपदी राजपुत्री
अनिद्य रूपा सुविशालनेत्रा; शरीरतुल्या कुरुपुंगवानाम

— Mahābhārata 3.253.11 · canonical Devanāgarī Sanskrit yathārtha

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This is verse 11 of Chapter 253 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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