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Mahabharata 3.261.18

Mahābhārata 3.261.18

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3.261.18

subhagā khalu kausalyā yasyāḥ putro'bhiṣekṣyate |
kuto hi tava saubhāgyaṃ yasyāḥ putro na rājyabhāk || 18 ||

"Meanwhile Manthara (the maid of Kaikeyi), hearing these words of the king, went to her mistress, and spoke unto her as was suited to the occasion. And she said, 'Thy great ill-luck, O Kaikeyi, hath this day been proclaimed by the king! O unlucky one, mayst thou be bitten by a fierce and enraged snake of virulent poison! Kausalya, indeed, is fortunate, as it is her son that is going to be installed on the throne. Where, indeed, is thy prosperity, when thy son obtaineth not the kingdom?'

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

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