Mahābhārata · Ādiparvan · 1.66
युधिष्ठिरो धर्ममयो महाद्रुमः; स्कन्धो ऽर्जुनो भीमसेनो ऽस्य शाखाः माद्रीसुतौ पुष्पफले समृद्धे; मूलं कृष्णो ब्रह्म च ब्राह्मणाश् च
yudhiṣṭhiro dharmamayo mahādrumaḥ; skandho 'rjuno bhīmaseno 'sya śākhāḥ mādrīsutau puṣpaphale samṛddhe; mūlaṃ kṛṣṇo brahma ca brāhmaṇāś ca
“Duryodhana is a great tree of wrath, Karna its trunk, Sakuni its branches, Duhsasana its flowers and fruit and the unwise Dhritarashtra its root; Yudhishthira is a vast tree of religion and virtue, Arjuna its trunk, Bhimasena its branches, the two sons of Madri its full-grown fruit and flowers, and Krishna, Brahma and the Brahmanas its roots. (trans. K.M. Ganguli)”
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