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युधिष्ठिरः-
'मा मे श्रिया सङ्गमनं तयाऽस्तु
यस्याः कृते भक्तजनं त्यजेयम् ॥'
 
THE MAHABHARATA
 
Yudhisthira-
"Let
 
not
me
 
be
 
united with
 
that
 
fortune, for the sake of which, I should
abandon a devoted being."
 
Indra-
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'त्यक्त्वा भ्रातृन्दयितां चापि कृष्णां
श्वानं चैनं न त्यजसे कथं नु ॥
 
"Having abandoned your brothers and
even your beloved Draupadi, how is it
you do not abandon this dog also ?"
युधिष्ठिरः-
'न ते मया जीवयितुं हि शक्याः
ततस्त्यागस्तेषु कृतो न जीवताम् ॥'
 
Yudhisthira-
" I could not bring them to life; hence
I abandoned them ! I did not abandon
them alive."