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Bhārgava-Charita
ममातिप्रियमद्यैव पार्षदो मे भवत्वयम् / वसिष्ठ उवाच इत्युक्तमाकर्ण्य स भार्गवेन्द्रो देव्याः प्रियं कर्तुमथोद्यतो ऽभूत्
mamātipriyamadyaiva pārṣado me bhavatvayam / vasiṣṭha uvāca ityuktamākarṇya sa bhārgavendro devyāḥ priyaṃ kartumathodyato 'bhūt
Let this, even today, be most dear to me: let him become my attendant. Vasistha said: Hearing these words, that foremost of the Bhargavas set himself to fulfill what was pleasing to the Goddess.