Ashramavasika Parva 37.23
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Ashramavasika Parva Chapter 37 · Verse 23
Sanskrit Original
यदत्रानन्तरं कार्य तद् भवान् वक्तुमर्हति। इत्युक्तः संजयेनेदं पुनराह स पार्थिवः॥ नैष मृत्युरनिष्टो नो निःसृतानां गृहात् स्वयम्। जलमग्निस्तथा वायुरथवाऽपि विकर्षणम्॥ तापसानां प्रशस्यन्ते गच्छ संजय मा चिरम्। इत्युक्त्वा संजयं राजा समाधाय मनस्तथा॥
That which should next be done should be marked by you. Thus addressed by Sanjaya the king once more said, “This death cannot be calamitous to us, for we have left our home of own accord. Water, fire, wind, and abstention from food, are laudable for ascetics. Do you, therefore, leave us, O Sanjaya, forthwith.' Having said these words to Sanjaya the king concentrated his mind.
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