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Mahabharata 1.68.71

Mahābhārata 1.68.71

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1.68.71

kāmaṃ tvayā parityaktā gamiṣyāmyahamāśramam |
imaṃ tu bālaṃ saṃtyaktuṃ nārhasyātmajamātmanā || 71 ||

Descending from heaven on Earth, after intercourse with Viswamitra, she gave birth to me. That celebrated Apsara, Menaka, brought me forth in a valley of Himavat. Bereft of all affection, she went away, cast me there as if I were the child of somebody else. What sinful act did I do, of old, in some other life that I was in infancy cast away by my parents and at present am cast away by thee! Put away by thee, I am ready to return to the refuge of my father. But it behoveth thee not to cast off this child who is thy own.'

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

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