Vana Parva 126.23
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Vana Parva Chapter 126 · Verse 23
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Sanskrit Original
प्रदेशिनी ततोऽस्यास्ये शक्रः समभिसंदधे। मामयंधास्यतीत्येवं भाषिते चैव वज्रिणा॥ मान्धातोति च नामास्य चक्रुः सेन्द्रा दिवौकसः।।३१। प्रदेशिनीं शक्रदत्तामास्वाद्य स शिशुस्तदा। अवर्धत महातेजाः किकून् राजंस्त्रयोदश॥
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Then Indra gave his own fore finger into his mouth (to suck) and the wielder of thunder said, "he will suck me.” Thereupon the dwellers of heaven with Indra gave him the name Mandhata. Having sucked the fore-finger of Indra, he became greatly strong and he grew to be thirteen cubits.