Mahabharata 12.185.20
इह प्रजापतिः पूर्वं देवाः सर्षिगणास्तथाइष्ट्वेष्टतपसः पूता ब्रह्मलोकमुपाश्रिताः
iha prajāpatiḥ pūrvaṃ devāḥ sarṣigaṇāstathāiṣṭveṣṭatapasaḥ pūtā brahmalokamupāśritāḥ
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