Mbh 13.82.8

Mahabharata · translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

"'"Sri said, 'Ye givers of honours, cast off by you in this way, I shall certainly be an object of disregard with all the world. Do ye show me grace. Ye are all highly blessed. Ye are ever ready to grant protection unto those that seek your protection. I have come to you soliciting your protection. I have no fault. Do you rescue me (from this situation). Know that I shall always be devoted to you. I am desirous of residing in any parts, however repulsive, of your bodies. Indeed, I wish to reside in even your rectum. Ye sinless ones, I do not see that ye have any part in your bodies that may be regarded as repulsive, for ye are sacred, and sanctifying, and highly blessed. Do ye, however, grant my prayer. Do ye tell me in which part, of your bodies I shall take up my residence.'"

Mbh 13.82.8 · Mahabharata · ANUSASANA PARVA

Themes in this passage

Protection Devotion Love Mercy Prayer

Protection in other traditions

The same theme, as Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and Hellenism address it.

That is the safe refuge, that is the best refuge; having gone to that refuge, a man is delivered from all pain.

Dhp 14.192 · Dhammapada · The Buddha (The Awakened)

The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

Psalms 121:7 · Bible · Psalms

Say: Lo! none can protect me from Allah, nor can I find any refuge beside Him

Quran 72:22 · Quran · The Jinn

Now shield with shield, with helmet helmet closed, To armour armour, lance to lance opposed, Host against host with shadowy squadrons drew, The sounding darts in iron tempests flew, Victors and vanquish’d join’d promiscuous cries, And shrilling shouts and dying groans arise; With streaming blood the slippery fields are dyed, And slaughter’d heroes swell the dreadful tide.

Iliad 4.38 · Iliad · 4

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