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ADI FARVA
 
21
 
'अपत्यं नाम लोकेषु प्रतिष्ठा धर्मसंहिता ।

इति कुन्ति विदुर्धीराः 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 वाबाला नियुक्ताऽतिथिपूजने ।

उग्रं पर्यचरं तत्र ब्राह्मणं संशितव्रतम् ॥
 

 
" As
father's house to
 
a girl, I was enjoined in my

father's house to
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

in
person. He gave me this Mantra also

and the time for its use has come.