Mahabharata 9.56.16

तौ परस्परमासाद्य यत्तावन्योन्यरक्षणेमार्जाराविव भक्षार्थे ततक्षाते मुहुर्मुहुः

tau parasparamāsādya yattāvanyonyarakṣaṇemārjārāviva bhakṣārthe tatakṣāte muhurmuhuḥ

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