Devi Bhagavatam 7.13.42 — Devi Gita & Liberation, Skandha 7, Adhyaya 13, Shloka 42
Vishvamitra Resolves to Uplift Trishanku from His Curse
भोजनार्थे कुमाराणामामिषं विहितं तव । प्रापयिष्याम्यहं नित्यं यावन्मुनिसमागमः
bhojanārthe kumārāṇāmāmiṣaṃ vihitaṃ tava | prāpayiṣyāmyahaṃ nityaṃ yāvanmunisamāgamaḥ
నీ కుమారుల భోజనం కోసం మాంసం ఏర్పాటు చేయబడింది. ముని (నీ భర్త) తిరిగి వచ్చే వరకు నేను ప్రతిరోజూ దీనిని అందిస్తాను.
Vishvamitra's wife (quoting Satyavrata)
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Narrator: Vyasa
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Dialogue Context: Vishvamitra's wife recounting King Satyavrata's promise to provide food
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Text: A Kshatriya's duty involves hunting (mrigaya); Satyavrata uses this sanctioned violence to perform the highest Dharma—feeding the starving dependents of an absent sage.
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He promised to personally provide meat every day to feed her children until her husband, Sage Vishvamitra, returned.
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