“Dhritarashtra said, “What Vidura told me at the time of the game at dice, ‘If thou seekest, O king, to vanquish the Pandavas (at dice), then certainly a terrible blood-shed ending in the destruction of all the Kurus will be the result,’ I think it is about to be realised. As Vidura told me of old, without doubt a terrible battle will take place, as soon as the pledged period of the Pandavas expireth.’”Mbh 3.51.3 · Mahabharata · VANA PARVA
Mbh 3.51.3
Mahabharata · translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
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They alone ask leave of thee who believe not in Allah and the Last Day, and whose hearts feel doubt, so in their doubt they waver.Quran 9:45 · Quran · Repentance
And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.Matthew 28:17 · Bible · Matthew
If a man is tossed about by doubts, full of strong passions, and yearning only for what is delightful, his thirst will grow more and more, and he will indeed make his fetters strong.Dhp 24.349 · Dhammapada · Thirst
Then thus Minerva:—“Brave Tydides, hear! Not Mars himself, nor aught immortal, fear. Full on the god impel thy foaming horse: Pallas commands, and Pallas lends thee force. Rash, furious, blind, from these to those he flies, And every side of wavering combat tries; Large promise makes, and breaks the promise made: Now gives the Grecians, now the Trojans aid.”[159]Iliad 5.88 · Iliad · 5
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