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What need have I for those eternal regions of which thou speakest?
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If the Vedas are any authority, I have certainly acquired many eternal regions!
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The Rishis also, that have many eternal regions for them, have the merit of penances.
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Verily, I discoursed to thee on Religion in its true form and on all the eternal regions.
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They that make gifts of kine so acquired obtain many eternal regions of felicity that is inexhaustible.
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That man, who makes gifts without yielding to wrath, succeeds in attaining to eternal regions of felicity.
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The royal sage Bhagiratha, by giving his famous daughter Hansi in marriage to Kautsa, went to the eternal regions.
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Success has been attained by thee, O mighty-armed one, and eternal regions (of felicity) have become thine.
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By dying upon the sacred field of Samantapanchaka, celebrated over the three worlds, I shall certainly obtain many eternal regions!
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The far-famed Rama, the son of Jamadagni, attained to the eternal regions, far beyond his expectation, by giving lands to Brahmanas.
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Rama, the son of Dasaratha, whose fame is very high in this world, attained to the eternal regions by making gifts of wealth at sacrifices.
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In consequence of this, ye have won many eternal regions fraught with the fruition of every wish as soon as it rises in the heart!
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Eternal regions of happiness are his.
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"'"Gautama said, 'Next to those, blaze in beauty those eternal regions, redolent with delicious perfumes, free from passion, and transcending all sorrow.
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"Saint Denys," thought Durtal, "is one of the boldest explorers of the eternal regions, but he would be dry reading at La Trappe."
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"'Bhishma said, " Eternal regions of felicity become his, who, having properly commenced a Vrata (vow) completes its observance according to the scriptures, without a break.
