Mahabharat

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[व] अथाष्टकः पुनर एवान्वपृच्छन; मातामहं कौतुकाद इन्द्रकल्पम पृच्छामि तवां नृपते बरूहि सत्यं; कुतश च कस्यासि सुतश च कस्य कृतं तवया यद धि न तस्य कर्ता; लॊके तवदन्यः कषत्रियॊ बराह्मणॊ वा ।। १-८८-२० ।।

sanskrit

'Vaisampayana narrated further, "Driven by curiosity, Ashtaka once more addressed his question to his grandfather, who was as glorious as Indra himself, inquiring, 'O sovereign, I beseech you to disclose the truth to me. From whence do you hail, who exactly are you, and of whom are you a progeny? On earth, is there any Brahmin or Kshatriya besides yourself who has accomplished what you have?"' ।। 1-88-20 ।।

english translation

[va] athASTakaH punara evAnvapRcchana; mAtAmahaM kautukAda indrakalpama pRcchAmi tavAM nRpate barUhi satyaM; kutaza ca kasyAsi sutaza ca kasya kRtaM tavayA yada dhi na tasya kartA; lòke tavadanyaH kaSatriyò barAhmaNò vA || 1-88-20 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/adi-parva/88/20

[व] अथाष्टकः पुनर एवान्वपृच्छन; मातामहं कौतुकाद इन्द्रकल्पम पृच्छामि तवां नृपते बरूहि सत्यं; कुतश च कस्यासि सुतश च कस्य कृतं तवया यद धि न तस्य कर्ता; लॊके तवदन्यः कषत्रियॊ बराह्मणॊ वा ।। १-८८-२० ।।

sanskrit

'Vaisampayana narrated further, "Driven by curiosity, Ashtaka once more addressed his question to his grandfather, who was as glorious as Indra himself, inquiring, 'O sovereign, I beseech you to disclose the truth to me. From whence do you hail, who exactly are you, and of whom are you a progeny? On earth, is there any Brahmin or Kshatriya besides yourself who has accomplished what you have?"' ।। 1-88-20 ।।

english translation

[va] athASTakaH punara evAnvapRcchana; mAtAmahaM kautukAda indrakalpama pRcchAmi tavAM nRpate barUhi satyaM; kutaza ca kasyAsi sutaza ca kasya kRtaM tavayA yada dhi na tasya kartA; lòke tavadanyaH kaSatriyò barAhmaNò vA || 1-88-20 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript