Shloka 14
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
दिव्यं वर्षमहस्नं हि शाकेन किल सुव्रता । आहारं सा कृतवती मासि मासि नराधिप,नरेश्वर! कहते हैं उत्तम व्रतका पालन करनेवाली उस देवीने एक हजार दिव्य वर्षोतक एक-एक महीनेपर केवल शाकका आहार किया था। देवीकी भक्तिसे प्रभावित होकर बहुत-से तपोधन महर्षि वहाँ आये। भारत! उस देवीने उन महर्षियोंका आतिथ्य-सत्कार भी शाकके ही द्वारा किया
divyaṃ varṣa-sahasraṃ hi śākena kila suvratā | āhāraṃ sā kṛtavatī māsi māsi narādhipa ||
Ghūlastya said: “O king, it is said that the goddess—steadfast in her excellent vow—sustained herself for a thousand divine years by taking only leafy greens, month after month. Moved by her devotion, many ascetic seers came there; and that goddess also received and honored those great ṛṣis with hospitality, offering them the same simple fare of greens.”
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