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Mahabharata 1.99.43

Mahābhārata 1.99.43

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1.99.43

yadi me sahate gandhaṃ rūpaṃ veṣaṃ tathā vapuḥ |
adyaiva garbhaṃ kausalyā viśiṣṭaṃ pratipadyatām || 43 ||

"Vyasa replied, 'If I am to give unto my brother children so unseasonably, then let the ladies bear my ugliness. That in itself shall, in their case, be the austerest of penances. If the princess of Kosala can bear my strong odour, my ugly and grim visage, my attire and body, she shall then conceive an excellent child.'"

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

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