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Mahabharata 1.6.9

Mahābhārata 1.6.9

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1.6.9

sa pulomāṃ tato bhāryāṃ papraccha kupito bhṛguḥ |
kenāsi rakṣase tasmai kathiteha jihīrṣave |
na hi tvāṃ veda tadrakṣo madbhāryāṃ cāruhāsinīm || 9 ||

"And Bhrigu saw his child Chyavana and its beautiful mother. And the Rishi in a rage asked her, 'By whom wast thou made known to that Rakshasa who resolved to carry thee away? O thou of agreeable smiles, the Rakshasa could not know thee as my wile. Therefore tell me who it was that told the Rakshasa so, in order that I may curse him through anger.' And Pauloma replied, 'O possessor of the six attributes! I was identified to the Rakshasa by Agni (the god of fire). And he (the Rakshasa) bore me away, who cried like the Kurari (female osprey). And it was only by the ardent splendour of this thy son that I was rescued, for the Rakshasa (seeing this infant) let me go and himself falling to the ground was turned into ashes.'

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

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