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ADI PARVA
 
'वृकोदर न युक्तं ते वचनं वक्तुमीदृशम् ।
शूराणां च नदीनां च प्रभवो दुर्विभावनः ।
भवतां च यथा जन्म तद्प्यागमितं मया ॥
 
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" Bhima, it is not meet that you should
talk such words. It is improper to enquire
into the origin of warriors and rivers. And
the manner of your birth has also been
learnt by me.
 
'सकुण्डलं सकवचं सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम् ।
कथमादित्यसदृशं मृगी व्यावं जनिष्यति ॥
 
"How can a doe give birth to this tiger,
this Karna (born ) with ear-rings and armour,
marked with every mark of beauty and
equal to the sun ?
 
'पृथिवीराज्यमर्होऽयं नाङ्गराज्यं नरेश्वरः ।
यस्य वा मनुजस्येदं न क्षान्तं मद्विचेष्टितम् ।
रथमारुह्य पद्भ्यां स विनामयतु कार्मुकम् ' ॥
"This ruler of men merits the kingdom
of the whole world, not the kingdom of
the Angas only. And to whomsoever this
act of mine is not bearable, let him mount
 
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