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# The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.96.41

Mahābhārata 13.96.41

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [13.96.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.96.41)

surabhyuvāca |  
bālvajena nidānena kāṃsyaṃ bhavatu dohanam |  
duhyeta paravatsena yā te harati puṣkaram || 41 ||

> "Surabhi said, 'Let her who has stolen thy stalks be milked, with her (hind) legs bound with a rope of human hair, and with the aid of a calf not her own, and, while milked, let her milk be held in a vessel of white brass!'  
> — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

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## Translations (1)

- [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.13.94.27) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English

## Other recensions (1)

- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.94.41) — Sanskrit

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