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Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: "O Sañjaya what did my sons desirous of battle and Pāṇḍu's son do after assembling at the holy land of righteousness Kurukṣetra ?"
- 'Bhagavad Gītā's first shokla'
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Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “O Sañjaya what did my sons desirous of battle and Pāṇḍu’s son do after assembling at the holy land of righteousness Kurukṣetra ?”
- ‘Bhagavad Gītā’s first shokla’

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> Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “O Sañjaya what did my sons desirous of battle and Pāṇḍu’s son do after assembling at the holy land of righteousness Kurukṣetra ?”
> - ‘Bhagavad Gītā’s first shokla’

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#31 Thedward the Edward / @thedward - Score: 39 - 12/31/10 @ 13:53 
/"<CR>cl<0xe2><fe-58><0x9c><Esc>ncl<0xe2><fe-58><0x9d><Esc>/'<CR>cl<0xe2><fe-58><0x98><Esc>:%s/'/<0xe2><fe-58><0x99>/g<CR>ZZ

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#32 Ricardo Sisnett / @mrjackinc - Score: 40 - 01/01/11 @ 21:55 
:s/"/<0xe2><fe-58><0x9c><CR>:<Up><BS><0xe2><fe-58><0x9d><CR>j:s/'/<0xe2><fe-58><0x98><CR>:%s/'/<0xe2><fe-58><0x99>/g<CR>ZZ

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#33 Alain Gilbert / @alain_gilbert - Score: 49 - 12/31/10 @ 10:04 
f"r<0xe2><fe-58><0x9c>f'r<0xe2><fe-58><0x99>f"r<0xe2><fe-58><0x9d>jr<0xe2><fe-58><0x99>F'r<0xe2><fe-58><0x99>F'r<0xe2><fe-58><0x98>ZZ

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#34 Eike Schulte / @eikeschulte - Score: 55 - 12/31/10 @ 07:38 
3wr<0xe2><fe-58><0x9c>10ww5lr<0xe2><fe-58><0x99>$r<0xe2><fe-58><0x9d>jr<0xe2><fe-58><0x99>^llr<0xe2><fe-58><0x98>2w4lr<0xe2><fe-58><0x99>ZZ

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#35 Mathias Bynens  / @mathias - Score: 65 - 04/08/11 @ 02:36 
:q<BS>set enc=utf-8<CR>f"r<0xe2><fe-58><0x9d>r<0xe2><fe-58><0x9c>f'<0xe2><fe-58><0x99>r<0xe2><fe-58><0x99>f"r<0xe2><fe-58><0x9d>f'j0f'r<0xe2><fe-58><0x98>;r<0xe2><fe-58><0x99>f'r<0xe2><fe-58><0x99>ZZ

@mathias: Am I missing something here? How do you get it to load as UTF-8 using vimgolf’s .vimrc?

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#36 Guillaume Bonnoron / @gbonnoron - Score: 79 - 12/31/10 @ 03:00 
:%s<Tab><BS><BS><BS><BS>/"/<0xe2><fe-58><0x9c>/<CR>:%s/"/<0xe2><fe-58><0x9d>/<CR>:<Up><Left><BS><0xe2><fe-58><0x99><Left><Left><BS>'<End>g<CR>llr<0xe2><fe-58><0x98>ZZ

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#37 Ujjwol Lamichhane / @Ujjwol - Score: 88 - 12/31/10 @ 02:09 
:%s/\v"(("\w|[^"])+)"/<0xe2><fe-58><0x9c>\1<0xe2><fe-58><0x9d>/g<CR>:%s/\v'(('\w|[^"])+)'/<0xe2><fe-58><0x98>\1<0xe2><fe-58><0x99>/g<CR>:%s/'/<0xe2><fe-58><0x99><CR>ZZ

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#38 無ん垢の叫び / @john_ababa - Score: 215 - 02/23/12 @ 09:17 
cGDh<0xe1><0xb9><fd-51>tar<0xc4><0x81><0xe1><0xb9><0xa3><0xe1><0xb9><0xad>ra said: <0xe2><fe-58><0x9c>O Sa<0xc3><0xb1>jaya what did my sons desirous of battle and P<0xc4><0x81><0xe1><0xb9><0x87><0xe1><0xb8><0x8d>u<0xe2><fe-58><0x99>s son do after assembling at the holy land of righteousness Kuruk<0xe1><0xb9><0xa3>etra ?<0xe2><fe-58><0x9d><CR>- <0xe2><fe-58><0x98>Bhagavad G<0xc4><0xab>t<0xc4><0x81><0xe2><fe-58><0x99>s first shokla<0xe2><fe-58><0x99><Esc>ZZ

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