Shanti Parva 358.11
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 358 · Verse 11
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Sanskrit Original
यद्यष्टरात्रेऽतिक्रान्ते नागमिष्यति पन्नगः। तदाहारं करिष्यामि तन्निमित्तमिदं व्रतम्॥
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If, on the expire of the eighth night hence, the king of the Nagas do not come back, I shall then break this fast by eating. Indeed, this vow of abstaining from all food that I am observing is on account of my respect for the Naga king.