Vaisampayana continued, “Hearing these frightful words of the king of Sindhu, Krishna retired from that place, her face furrowed into a frown owing to the contraction of her eye-brows. But disregarding his words from supreme contempt, the slender-waisted Krishna reproving said unto the king of Sindhu, ‘Speak not thus again! Art thou not ashamed? Be on thy guard!’ And that lady of irreproachable character anxiously expecting the return of her husband, began, with long speeches, to beguile him completely.”Mbh 3.265.3 · Mahabharata · VANA PARVA
Mbh 3.265.3
Mahabharata · translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
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