Sabha Parva 51.13
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Sabha Parva Chapter 51 · Verse 13
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Sanskrit Original
हिरण्यष्ठीविनः कांश्चित् पक्षिणो वनगोचरान्। गृहे किल कृतावासान् लोभाद् राजा न्यपीडयत्। स चोपभोगलोभान्धो हिरण्यार्थी परंतप॥ आयतिं च तदात्वं च उभे सद्यो व्यनाशयत्। तदर्थकामस्तद्वत् त्वं मा दुहः पाण्डवान् नृप॥
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It is said that a (certain) king, having (first) made some wild birds which used to vomit gold to take up their quarters in his own house, killed them afterwards from temptation. O chastiser of foes, blinded by temptation and by the desire of enjoyinent he destroyed both his present and future for the sake of the gold. O king, O monarch like that king, do not persecute the Pandavas from the desire of gain.