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ADI PARVA
 
93
 
'भिक्षे वार्ष्णेयपार्थी वां पावकं मां निबोधतम् ।
स युवाभ्यां सहायाभ्यामस्त्रविद्भयां समागतः ।
दहेयं खाण्डवं दावमेतदन्नं वृतं मया ॥'
 
" I beg of you two, Arjuna and Krishna;
know me as Fire ; with you two, who are
experts with misssiles, as aids, I would
burn the Khandava forest; this has been
chosen by me as (my) food. "
 
प्रादाच्चैव धनूरत्नमक्षय्यौ च महेषुधी ।
रथं च दिव्याश्वयुजं कपिप्रवरकेतनम् ॥
 
He gave ( to Arjuna ) an excellent bow
and two great inexhaustible quivers as also
a chariot, fitted with celestial horses and
a banner with a great monkey on it.
 
वज्रनाभं ततश्चकं ददौ कृष्णाय पावकः ॥
 
The god of fire then gave to Krishna
a discus of adamantine nave.
 
ततः पावकमब्रूतां प्रहृष्टावर्जुनाच्युतौ ।
'कामं संप्रज्वलाद्यैव कल्यौ स्वस्साह्यकर्मणि' ॥