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ADI FARVA
 
21
 
'अपत्यं नाम लोकेषु प्रतिष्ठा धर्मसंहिता ।
इति कुन्ति विदुधराः शाश्वतं धर्मवादिनः ॥
 
"Offspring is an
 
everlasting and
virtuous glory. in (all) the worlds; Kunti, so
do the wise exponents of virtue consider
for all time."
 
प्रत्युवाच वरारोहा भर्तुः प्रियहिते रता ॥
 
That Kunti of shapely body, delighting in
doing that which was pleasing and good to
her lord, replied :
 
'पितृवेश्मन्यहं वाला नियुक्ताऽतिथिपूजने ।
उग्रं पर्यचरं तत्र ब्राह्मणं संशितव्रतम् ॥
 
" As
father's house to
 
a girl, I was enjoined in my
attend upon the
guests. There, I served a fierce Brahmin
of severe austerities."
 
'स मेऽभिचारसंयुक्तमाचष्ट भगवान्वरम् ।
 
मन्त्रं त्विदं च मे प्रादात् तस्य कालोऽयमागतः॥
 
(
 
That venerable Brahmin gave me a boon
 
together with the power to bring the gods
in
person. He gave me this Mantra also
and the time for its use has come.