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Sanatan Dharma

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Adi Parva 40.2

Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Adi Parva Chapter 40 · Verse 2

mahabharataved-vyasadi-parva

Sanskrit Original

सौतिरुवाच जरेति क्षयमाहुर्वै दारुणं कारुसंज्ञितम्। शरीरं कारु तस्यासीत्तत्स धीमाञ्च्छनैः शनैः॥ क्षपयामास तीव्रण तपसेत्यत उच्यते। जरत्कारुरिति ब्रह्मन्वासुकेर्भगिनी तथा॥

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Sauti said: Jara, means “waste" Karu means “huge." The body of this Rishi was huge, but he reduced it by severe penances. O Brahmana, because he thus reduced his body, he was called Jaratkaru. The sister of Vasuki was called Jaratkaru for the same reason.