[78] I shall forgo all food and drink, and without moving from this place, O great ascetic, shall dry up my life-breaths that are so dear. I pray you with humility, grant me permission in this and go whithersoever you please. Let every one grant me permission. I shall cast off this body of mine."'Mbh 12.27.1c · Mahabharata · SANTI PARVA
Mbh 12.27.1c
Mahabharata · translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
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With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;Ephesians 4:2 · Bible · Ephesians
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