Mahabharata 14.55.4

गौतमस्य तु शिष्याणां बहूनां जनमेजयउत्तङ्केऽभ्यधिका प्रीतिः स्नेहश्चैवाभवत्तदा

gautamasya tu śiṣyāṇāṃ bahūnāṃ janamejayauttaṅke'bhyadhikā prītiḥ snehaścaivābhavattadā

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