Mṛgān pañcāśataṃ prātarāśaṃ dadāni te

In Mahābhārata, Kṛṣṇā Draupadī receives Jayadratha hospitably, offering him and his entourage whatever she has on hand for breakfast. Vṛkodara Bhīma and her other husbands have gone hunting because fifty slaughtered animals are not enough to feed them, their brāhmaṇa dependents, and their servants for the day. Kṛṣṇā assures Jayadratha that Yudhiṣṭhira is on his way back with more food: various kinds of antelope and deer and elk (aiṇeya, pṛṣata, nyaṅku, hariṇa, śarabha, ṛśya, ruru, śambara), as well as hares, oxen, boars, buffalo, and other animals. However, Jayadratha is hungry for something other than breakfast, left behind by the Wolf-Belly and her other husbands ... Kṛṣṇā herself!

The lifestyles and experiences of diverse characters from Mahābhārata are presented in the other chapters: (1) Satyabhāmā; (2) Śikhaṇḍin's wife Dāśārṇī; (3) Babhru Akrūra's wife Sauvīrī who was abducted by Śiśupāla; (4) Kṛpī; (5) Duḥśalā and Jayadratha; (6) Subhadrā and Uttarā with Parikṣit; (7) Kṛṣṇa's half-brother Jarā and his mother Turī; (8) Prātikāmin the chariot-driver of Duryodhana; (9) Sāmba who pretended to carry Babhru's child while married to Babhru's daughter Vasuṃdharā; (10) Kareṇuvatī the sister of Dhṛṣṭaketu; (11) Ekalavya the son of Śrutadevā; (12) Śakuni's nephews Vikarṇa and Citrasena.

The title is Saṃskṛta and means "I'll give you fifty animals for breakfast."

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