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Mahabharata · Chapter 13.14

13.14.1

bhūyastu śṛṇu rājendra dharmāndharmabhṛtāṃvara //

13.14.2

atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam /
indrāgnyoḥ sūryaśacyośca tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu //
indra uvāca /

13.14.3

rājye viprānprapaśyāmi kāmakrodhavivarjitān /
etena satyavākyena pādaḥ kumbhasya pūryatām //
agniruvāca /

13.14.4

yathā'haṃ tatra nāśnāmi yatra nāśnanti vai dvijāḥ etena satyavākyena pādaḥ kumbhasya pūryatām //
sūrya uvāca /

13.14.5

yathā gobrāhmaṇasyārthe na tapāmi yathābalam /
etena satyavākyena pādaḥ kumbhasya pūryatām //
śacyuvāca /

13.14.6

karmaṇā manasā vācā nāvamanye purandaram /
etena satyavākyena pādaḥ kumbhasya pūryatām //

Original text: Mahābhārata (southern recension) · Edition: Śrīman Mahābhāratam, ed. T. R. Krishnacharya and T. R. Vyasacharya, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay 1906–1910; e-text by SARIT (Shrinivasa Varakhedi and others) · SARIT: Search and Retrieval of Indic Texts · SARIT (e-text) via Internet Archive · CC BY-SA 3.0