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THE MAHABHARATA
 
not realise yourself caught in a noose ;
you do not realise yourself hanging over a
precipice ; a deer that you are, you
infuriate tigers beyond limits!
 
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न हि दासीत्वमापन्ना कृष्णा भवितुमर्हति ।
अनीशेन हि राशैषा पणे न्यस्तेति मे मतिः ॥'
 
"Draupadi cannot
 
become a slave ;
 
she was staked by the king when he
was no more his own master:
this is my
 
opinion."
 
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धिगस्तु क्षत्तार मिति वाणो
 
दर्पण मत्तो धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रः ।
 
अवैक्षत प्रातिकामीं सभाया-
मुवाच चैनं परमार्यमध्ये ॥
 
of
 
Fie upon Vidura." So saying, the son
Dhritarashtra, infatuated with pride,
looked at Pratikami (his messenger) and in
that assembly and in the midst of the
most noble persons, told him :