[187] The subject seems to me to be inexplicable although I reflect upon it incessantly. O grandsire, O thou of great wisdom, it behoveth thee to expound this to me in detail, clearly and according to what has been laid down in the Sruti. In fact, do thou explain to me what its characteristics are, and the way in which it has come to pass!"[188]Mbh 13.19.1b · Mahabharata · ANUSASANA PARVA
Mbh 13.19.1b
Mahabharata · translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
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