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the guards, embracing Karna with one
hand, as a father would a son, and slowly
looking up at him with love, said this :
कौन्तेयस्त्वं न राधेयो विदिवो नारदान्मया ।
न च द्वेषोऽस्ति मे तात त्वयि सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते ॥
 
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THE MAHABHARATA
 
"You are the son of Kunti, not Radha;
so have I known you through Narada.
My son, I tell you in truth,
have no
hatred towards you.
 
'अकस्मात्पाण्डवान् हि त्वं द्विषसीति मतिर्मम ।
तेनासि बहुशो रूक्षं श्रावितः कुरुसंसदि ॥
 
"I think you are hating the Pandavas
for no reason. Therefore, you have been
told harsh words (by me) many times in
the Kuru assembly.
 
'जानामि समरे वीर्य दाने च परमां स्थितिम् ।
सदृशः फल्गुनेनासि कृष्णेन च महात्मना ॥
 
"I know your heroism in battle and
your great and steady practice of munifi-
cence. You are equal to Arjuna and the
great Krishna.