"'Yudhishthira said, "Common people say that fasting is tapas (penances). Is fasting, however, really so, or is penance something different?"Mbh 12.221.3 · Mahabharata · SANTI PARVA
Mbh 12.221.3
Mahabharata · translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
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