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After you have vanished from my sight for thirty years!" "And you?" "I was sent for to repair a door; that is all; and when I was left alone, I wanted to look round. "I am a scribe in the chief school...." "And sacrificest to strange gods...." "No, I do not sacrifice, and I have kept my faith in the promise, Amram.
Vaisravana is, of course, Kuvera, the lord of treasures, friend of Mahadeva, and chief of the Yakshas. The last line is slightly expanded. The sense is this: thou art the eldest brother of the Pandavas; if thou sacrificest, thy brothers also will come to be regarded as sacrificing with thee. Sphya was a wooden sword or scimitar, used for slaying the sacrificial animal.
The Pythagoreans said, for example, "Thou shalt not make a peck-measure thy seat to sit on. Thou shalt not stir the fire with a sword. When thou goest out upon a journey, look not behind thee. When thou sacrificest to the celestial gods, let it be with an odd number, and when to the terrestrial, with even." The significance of each of which precepts they would not commonly disclose.
Do thou, O Bharata, appoint us to whatever tasks thou likest. Truly, do I pledge myself that I shall accomplish all, O sinless one, that thou mayst bid me accomplish. Bhimasena and Arjuna and the two sons of Madravati will be sacrificing when thou, O king, sacrificest.""
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