Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.375
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स चामन्त्र्योरगश्रेष्ठं ब्राह्मणः कृतनिश्चयः ।
दीक्षाकाङ्क्षी तदा राजंश्च्यवनं भार्गवं श्रितः ॥ १२.३७५.१ ॥
And the brahmin, having taken leave of the best of serpents and resolved, O king, desiring initiation, then resorted to Cyavana, the descendant of Bhṛgu.
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स तेन कृतसत्कारो धर्ममेवाधितस्थिवान् ।
तथैव च कथामेतां राजन्कथितवांस्तदा ॥ १२.३७५.२ ॥
Honored by him, he indeed remained devoted to dharma; and so, O king, he then related this very story.
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भार्गवेणापि राजेन्द्र जनकस्य निवेशने ।
कथैषा कथिता पुण्या नारदाय महात्मने ॥ १२.३७५.३ ॥
By Bhārgava too, O lord of kings, in the dwelling of Janaka, this sacred story was told to the great-souled Nārada.
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नारदेनापि राजेन्द्र देवेन्द्रस्य निवेशने ।
कथिता भरतश्रेष्ठ पृष्टेनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा ॥ १२.३७५.४ ॥
By Nārada too, O lord of kings, in the dwelling of Indra, O best of the Bharatas, when questioned by the one of untroubled deeds, this story was told.
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देवराजेन च पुरा कथितैषा कथा शुभा ।
समस्तेभ्यः प्रशस्तेभ्यो विप्रेभ्यो वसुधाधिप ॥ १२.३७५.५ ॥
And formerly this auspicious story was told by the king of the gods to all the praiseworthy brahmins, O lord of the earth.
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यदा च मम रामेण युद्धमासीत्सुदारुणम् ।
वसुभिश्च तदा राजन्कथेयं कथिता मम ॥ १२.३७५.६ ॥
When my very dreadful battle with Rāma took place, then, O king, this story was told to me by the Vasus.
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पृच्छमानाय तत्त्वेन मया चैवोत्तमा तव ।
कथेयं कथिता पुण्या धर्म्या धर्मभृतांवर ॥ १२.३७५.७ ॥
To you who ask in truth I have told this supreme, sacred and lawful account, best of those who uphold dharma.
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तदेव परमो धर्मो यन्मां पृच्छसि भारत ।
आसीद्धीरो ह्यनाकाङ्क्षी धर्मार्थकरणे नृप ॥ १२.३७५.८ ॥
That very thing, which you ask me, O Bhārata, is supreme dharma. There was a steady man, free of desire, O king, who was devoted to the performance of dharma and of wealth.
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स च किल कृतनिश्चयो द्विजो ।
भुजगपतिप्रतिदशितात्मकृत्यः।
यमनियमसहो वनान्तरं ।
परिगणितोञ्छशिलाशनः प्रविष्टः ॥ १२.३७५.९ ॥
And that brahmin, firm in resolve, having shown his own duty to the lord of serpents, enduring the restraints and observances, entered the interior of the forest, living on counted gleanings and stones.