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THE MAHABHARATA
 
"I have no husbands, no sons, no

kinsmen, no brothers, no father, not even

you, Krishna.
 
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'चतुर्भि: कारणैः कृष्ण त्वया रक्ष्याऽस्मि नित्यशः।

संबन्धाद् गौरवात्सख्यात् प्रभुत्वेनैव केशव ॥'
 

"For four reasons, Krishna, I must be

protected by you always-for kinship, for

honour, for friendship and above all, for

the reason that you are the all-powerful

Lord, Krishna."
 

 
कृष्णः-

' यत्समर्थं पाण्डवानां तत्करिष्यामि मा शुचः ।

सत्यं ते प्रतिजानामि राज्ञां राशीज्ञी भविष्यसि ॥'

Krishna -
 

"What must be done for the Pandavas,
 

I will do ; grieve not ; I promise you in truth;

you will become the queen of kings.
 

 
'नैतत्कृच्छ्रमनुप्राप्तो भवान्स्याद् वसुधाधिप ।

यद्यहं द्वारकायां स्यां राजन्सन्निहितः पुरा ॥

(Addressing Yudhisthira) — " King, had

I been present in Dvaraka then, you would

not have come to this pass.