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Mbh.3.148.7593	And then some men retain the knowledge of the four Vedas, and some of three Vedas, and some of one Veda, while others do not know even the Richs.
Mbh.9.34.2545	He then mentally uttered the Richs, the Yayushes and the Samans that were necessary for the performance of a sacrifice.
Mbh.12.47.2372	The Richs, the Yajus, and the Samans are thy abode.
Mbh.12.51.2783	Vaisampayana continued, Then those great Rishis, with Vyasa amongst them, adored Krishna with hymns from the Richs, the Yajuses, and the Samans.
Mbh.12.59.3370	The Brahmana, who is conversant with Richs, Yajuses, and Samans, should always be worshipped as a god.
Mbh.12.59.3371	The Sudra, who is without Richs and Yajuses and Samans, has Prajapati for his god
Mbh.12.205.12427	The Richs, the Yajuses, and the Samans, have for their refuge the body.
Mbh.12.205.12432	The Richs, the Samans, the Yajuses have each a beginning.
Mbh.12.227.14093	Those again that were ignorant of Richs were not condemned or punished.
Mbh.12.231.14408	In Krita age, men, worshipping only one Brahma, looked upon the Richs, the Samans, the Yajuses and the rites and sacrifices that are performed from motives of advantage, as all different from the object of their worship, and practised only Yoga, by means of penances.
Mbh.12.234.14501	That knowledge is to be derived from the Richs, the Samans, and the sciences called Varna and Akshara.
Mbh.12.235.14561	Whether he becomes compassionate or cruel, whether he becomes conversant with all the Vedas or ignorant of the Richs, whether he becomes righteous and observant of sacrifices or the worst of sinners, whether he becomes eminent for prowess and wealth or plunged into misery, that person who directs his mind towards these attributes that I have spoken of, is sure to cross the ocean of life which is so difficult to cross.
Mbh.12.237.14685	In that age all men regard the Richs, the Samans, and the Yajuses as identical not withstanding their apparent diversity.
Mbh.12.245.15141	By churning the wealth that is contained in all religious works and in all discourses based on truth, as also the ten thousand Richs, this nectar hath been raised.
Mbh.12.250.15338	He that hath studied all the Vedas, having waited dutifully on his preceptor and observed the vow of Brahmacharya, he that knows all the Richs, Yajuses, and Samans, is not a regenerate person
Mbh.12.267.16336	The deciduous herbs, animals, trees, creepers, clarified butter, milk, curds, meat and other approved things that are poured on the sacrificial fire, land, the points of the compass, faith, and time which brings up the tale of twelve, the Richs, the Yajuses, the Samans, and the sacrificer himself bringing up the tale to sixteen, and Fire which should be known as the householder, these seventeen are said to be the limbs of sacrifice.
Mbh.12.267.16353	He in whom are the Richs, the Yajuses, the Samans, and the expletives necessary for completing the rhythm of the Samans according to the rules laid down in Vedic grammars, is, indeed, a Brahmana
Mbh.12.284.17673	Thou art the Richs and the Samans, and the syllable Om.
Mbh.12.284.17675	Thou art made up of the Yajuses, of the Richs, and of the offerings poured on the sacrificial fire.
Mbh.12.292.18300	By adoring the deities who have shares in sacrificial offerings, with Richs he attained to success in after life.
Mbh.12.292.18304	Then, again, Asita and Devala, and Narada and Parvata, and Karkshivat, and Jamadagni's son Rama, and Tandya possessed of cleansed soul, and Vasishtha, and Jamadagni, and Viswamitra and Atri, and Bharadwaja, and Harismasru, and Kundadhara, and Srutasravas, these great Rishis, by adoring Vishnu with concentrated minds with the aid of Richs, and by penances, succeeded in attaining to success through the grace of that great deity endued with intelligence.
Mbh.12.340.22200	Our preceptor, with ourselves, O king, then adored the great Deity with Richs extracted from the four Vedas.
Mbh.13.16.1662	Brahmanas conversant with Richs praise thee by uttering Richs, regarding thee as unattached to all things and as divested of all forms.
Mbh.13.17.2232	Thou hast the thousand Richs for thy immeasurable eyes.
Mbh.13.30.3895	With regard to that high-souled Rishi, one foremost of Srutis in the Richs goes like this viz, He with whom Gritsamada stays, O Brahmana, is held in high respect by all Brahmanas.
Mbh.14.25.991	In this connection, people conversant with Narayana recite some Richs.
Mbh.15.10.467	That learned Brahmana, of good behaviour, chosen by unanimous consent, conversant with all topics, master of all the Richs, and named Samba, endeavoured to speak.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.

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