Mahabharata 13.1.23

लुब्धक उवाच · lubdhaka uvāca

अस्मादेकस्माद्बहवो रक्षितव्या; नैको बहुभ्यो गौतमि रक्षितव्यःकृतागसं धर्मविदस्त्यजन्ति; सरीसृपं पापमिमं जहि त्वम्

asmādekasmādbahavo rakṣitavyā; naiko bahubhyo gautami rakṣitavyaḥkṛtāgasaṃ dharmavidastyajanti; sarīsṛpaṃ pāpamimaṃ jahi tvam

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