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THE MAHABHARATA
 
'स्सूतो हि मामधिरथो दृष्ट्टैवैवाभ्यानयद्गृहान् ।

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 ॥
 

And I consider that Adhiratha as
my
 
And I consider that Adhiratha as

father always, by reason of his affection.
 

 
'भार्या श्वोचोढास्तासु 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.