Mahabharata 12.202.4

भीष्म उवाच · bhīṣma uvāca

पुराहं मृगयां यातो मार्कण्डेयाश्रमे स्थितःतत्रापश्यं मुनिगणान्समासीनान्सहस्रशः

purāhaṃ mṛgayāṃ yāto mārkaṇḍeyāśrame sthitaḥtatrāpaśyaṃ munigaṇānsamāsīnānsahasraśaḥ

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