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maharṣayaḥ","q":null}],"tr":"Having performed a hundred sacrifices, the king of the gods (Indra) attained heaven; and by undertaking fierce austerities the great seers went to heaven.","w":[["śataṃ kratūnām","a hundred sacrifices"],["āhṛtya","having performed, offered"],["devarāṭ","the king of the gods (Indra)","devarāṭ",[["deva","god"],["rāj","king"]]],["tridivaṃ gataḥ","went to heaven","",[["tri","three"],["diva","heaven"]]],["tapāṃsy ugrāṇi","fierce austerities","tapāṃsi ugrāṇi"],["cāsthāya","and having undertaken","ca āsthāya"],["divaṃ yātā","went to heaven","divaṃ yātāḥ"],["maharṣayaḥ","the great seers","",[["mahā","great"],["ṛṣi","seer"]]]]},{"v":30,"ref":"2.101.030","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"satyaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca parākramaṃ ca bhūtānukampāṃ priyavāditāṃ ca","q":["satyaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca parākramaṃ ca","bhūtānukampāṃ priyavāditāṃ ca"]},{"p":"c","t":"dvijātidevātithipūjanaṃ ca panthānam āhus tridivasya santaḥ","q":["dvijātidevātithipūjanaṃ ca","panthānam āhus tridivasya 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