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सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः। सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु मा कश्चिद् दुःखभाग्भवेत्॥
May all be happy. May all be free from illness. May all see what is auspicious. May no one suffer.

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॥ शुभम् ॥

All books›The Mahabharata›Adi Parva

Section CXXXIX

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Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli, 1883–1896. Source: Project Gutenberg e-texts 15474–15477 (from sacred-texts.com, proofed by John Bruno Hare). Public domain.

Adi Parva, Section CXXXIX · The Mahabharata · Vidya