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Mahabharata 1.35.8

Mahābhārata 1.35.8

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1.35.8

brahmovāca |
mayaivaitadvitīrṇaṃ vai vacanaṃ manasāmarāḥ |
elāpatreṇa nāgena yadasyābhihitaṃ purā || 8 ||

"Brahman replied, 'O ye immortals, I have thought, in my mind, of what ye have said. Let the king of the snakes do that which hath been communicated to him before by Elapatra. The time hath arrived. Those only shall be destroyed that are wicked, not those that are virtuous. Jaratkaru hath been born, and that Brahmana is engaged in hard ascetic penances. Let Vasuki, at the proper time, bestow on him his sister. Ye gods, what hath been spoken by the snake Elapatra for the weal of the snakes is true and not otherwise.'

Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

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