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THE MAHABHARATA
 
'स्तो हि मामधिरथो दृष्ट्टैवाभ्यानयद्गृहान् ।
मत्स्नेहाच्चैव राधायां सद्यः क्षीरमवातरत् ॥
 
"And it was the driver, Adhiratha, who,
seeing me, took me to his house, and out
 
of love for me, milk flowed immediately
from Radha (his wife).
 
'पितरं चाभिजानामि तमहं सौहृदात्सदा ॥
 
my
 
And I consider that Adhiratha as
father always, by reason of his affection.
 
'भार्या श्वोढास्तासु पुत्राः पौत्रा जाता जनार्दन।
तासु मे हृदयं कृष्ण सञ्जातं कामबन्धनम् ॥
 
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"I have married wives and through
them, sons and grandsons have been born
and with them, Krishna, my heart is bound
in ties of affection.
 
'न पृथिव्या सकलया न सुवर्णस्य राशिभिः ।
हर्षाद्भयाद्वा गोविन्द मिथ्या कर्तुं तदुत्सहे ॥
"Not for all this world, not for heaps
of gold, not for pleasure or fear, would
I bear proving faithless to these, Krishna.