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The answer to this is, 'Brahma, i.e., Veda or self-knowledge. The second question 'What are those that keep company with the soul during its progress of purification? The answer is, 'Self-restraint and other qualities, which are all of a god-like or divine nature. The third question is. Nilakantha explains both Dhriti and Dwitiya in a spiritual sense.
There is no need, however, of a spiritual explanation here. By Dhriti is meant steadiness of intelligence; by Dwitiya lit, a second. What Yudhishthira says is that a steady intelligence serves the purposes of a helpful companion. Nilakantha explains this correctly, as I imagine, by supposing that by 'sacrifice' is meant the spiritual sacrifice for the acquisition of pure knowledge.
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