Mahabharata 12.250.26

तामधर्मभयत्रस्तां पुनरेव च याचतीम्तदाब्रवीद्देवदेवो निगृह्येदं वचस्ततः

tāmadharmabhayatrastāṃ punareva ca yācatīmtadābravīddevadevo nigṛhyedaṃ vacastataḥ

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