Anushasana Parva 17.97
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Anushasana Parva Chapter 17 · Verse 97
Sanskrit Original
उग्रो वंशकरो वंशो वंशनादो ह्यनिन्दितः। सर्वाङ्गरूपो मायावी सुहृदो ह्यनिलोऽनलः।।१००।
You are he who is armed with the battle axe; you are he that is desirous of victory; you hc who assists others il the accomplishment of their objects, you are an excellent friend; you are he who carries a lute made of two hollow gourds, you are of terrible anger; you have for your children beings higher than men and gods; you are of the form of that Vishnu who floats on the waters after the universal dissolution; you devour all things with great ferocity; you are he who procreates offspring; you are family and race, continuing from generation to generation; you are the blare that a bamboo flute emits; you are faultless; you are he whose limbs are all very beautiful; you are full of illusion; you do good to others without expecting any return; you are wind; you are fire.