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A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
तिष्ठत्यत्र महाभागे एवमेतन्न संशयः ॥ अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे
tiṣṭhaty atra mahābhāge evam etan na saṁśayaḥ || anyac ca te pravakṣyāmi tac chṛṇuṣva vasundhare
O edle Dame, er bleibt dort—so ist es, ohne Zweifel. Und noch etwas will ich dir sagen; höre es, o Vasundharā.
Varāha
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No place-name is specified; the verse functions as a connective statement within the dialogue.
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