Book, Chapter

 1   2, 6|  mightiest warlike throng!~Ask not if 'tis right or foolish
 2   3, 1|    true and brave,~Came to ask Hastina's monarch, chief
 3   4, 4| Heaven,~Voice thy wish and ask for blessing, be my son'
 4   4, 4|    wishes, this the boon I ask of thee,~That my gracious
 5   5, 2|   heart's affection prove,~Ask thy boon, king Aswapati,
 6   5, 4|    hands in hers he wove,~"Ask permission from my parents
 7   5, 5| the dead come not to life,~Ask for other boon and blessing,
 8   5, 5| the dead come not to life,~Ask for other boon and blessing,
 9   6, 2|   the warlike steed,~Can I ask him, worse than woman, in
10   6, 2|      Brihannala's grace to ask,~He is eager like the war-horse
11   6, 3|    its gloomy shade,~And I ask thee, prince of Matsya,
12   7, 1|   meek and friendly guise?~Ask him to restore the kingdom
13   9, 5| his promise plighted fair!~Ask thyself, O prince Duryodhan,
14   9, 5|   house and for thy cause,~Ask the dark and deep Sakuni,
15   9, 5|    wields the loaded dice,~Ask the chief who proudly boasted,
16 Epi   |   the dust; and I can only ask for the indulgence of the
17 Epi   |   language can with reason ask, if the story as told in