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Mahabharata 1.36.3

Mahābhārata 1.36.3

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1.36.3

sūta uvāca |
jareti kṣayamāhurvai dāruṇaṃ kārusaṃjñitam |
śarīraṃ kāru tasyāsīttatsa dhīmāñśanaiḥ śanaiḥ || 3 ||

"Sauti said, 'Jara is said to mean waste, and Karu implies huge. This Rishi's body had been huge, and he gradually reduced it by severe ascetic penances. For the same reason, O Brahmanas, the sister of Vasuki was called Jaratkaru.'

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

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