Mahabharat

siva.sh/mahabharat/adi-parva/42/5

एवं दृष्ट्वा तु भवतः शकुन्तान इव लम्बतः मया निवर्तिता बुद्धिर बरह्मचर्यात पितामहाः ॥ १-४२-५ ॥

sanskrit

'My mind was determined not to take a wife. However, upon witnessing you, grandfathers, hanging like birds, I have changed my mind and turned away from the path of celibacy.' ॥ 1-42-5 ॥

english translation

evaM dRSTvA tu bhavataH zakuntAna iva lambataH mayA nivartitA buddhira barahmacaryAta pitAmahAH ॥ 1-42-5 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/adi-parva/42/5

एवं दृष्ट्वा तु भवतः शकुन्तान इव लम्बतः मया निवर्तिता बुद्धिर बरह्मचर्यात पितामहाः ॥ १-४२-५ ॥

sanskrit

'My mind was determined not to take a wife. However, upon witnessing you, grandfathers, hanging like birds, I have changed my mind and turned away from the path of celibacy.' ॥ 1-42-5 ॥

english translation

evaM dRSTvA tu bhavataH zakuntAna iva lambataH mayA nivartitA buddhira barahmacaryAta pitAmahAH ॥ 1-42-5 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript