Verse 8·VR 4.23.8

शूराय न प्रदातव्या कन्या खलु विपश्चिता || ३-२३-८ शूर भार्याम् हताम् पश्य सद्यो माम् विधवाम् कृताम् |

shuuraaya na pradaatavyaa kanyaa khalu vipashcitaa || 3-23-8shuura bhaaryaam hataam pashya sadyo maam vidhavaam kR^itaam |

Translation

"Really considerate fathers shall never propose brides to adventurers, they say. Yes! See me the wife of an adventurer, in a trice rendered as a war-widow left in the lurch. [3-23-8b, 9a]

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Tara's Lament for Death of Vali

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