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Similarly, Sahadeva drank the water and
fell down ; Arjuna, afflicted with thirst, drank
and fell down; Bhima ran to the water, drank
and fell down.
 
VANA PARVA
 
ततश्चिरगतान्भ्रातृनथाशाय युधिष्ठिरः ।
उपागम्य सरो दृष्ट्वा हतान्भ्रातॄन् बिलप्य च ।
पातुकामश्च तत्तोयमन्तरिक्षात्स शुध्रुवे ।
 
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प्रश्नानुक्त्वा तु कौन्तेय ततः पिब हरस्व च ॥
 
Finding then that the brothers had long
been absent, Yudhisthira Cime to the lake,
saw the brothers killed and wept; and as he
was about to drink, he heard a voice
from the skies : " Yudhisthira, after
answering my questions, drink and take
water."
 
युधिष्ठिरः-
'यथाप्रशं तु ते प्रश्नान्प्रतिषक्ष्यामि पृच्छ माम् ॥'
 
Yudhisthira-
"To the measure of my knowledge, I
will answer your questions; question me."