🪷 Mahābhārata · 3.253.14

Vana-Parva (Āraṇyaka) · The Book of the Forest · Chapter 253 · Verse 14

कस्याद्य कायं परतिभिद्य घॊरा; महीं परवेक्ष्यन्ति शिताः शराग्र्याः
मा तवं शुचस तां परति भीरु विद्धि; यथाद्य कृष्णा पुनर एष्यतीति
निहत्य सर्वान दविषतः समग्रान; पार्थाः समेष्यन्त्य अथ याज्ञसेन्या

— Mahābhārata 3.253.14 · canonical Devanāgarī Sanskrit yathārtha

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This is verse 14 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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