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# A History of Sanskrit Literature c8.78

A History of Sanskrit Literature c8.78

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### [c8.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c8.78)

\*Who is our father, parent, and disposer,\*  
\*Who knows all habitations and all beings,\*  
\*Who only to the gods their names apportions:\*  
\*To him all other beings turn inquiring?\*

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