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And, O bull of the Bharata race, sorely afflicted with thirst, he discharged barbed darts and javelins and iron arrows, and showered on the sky innumerable shafts incapable of being baffled. Thereupon, the invisible Yaksha said, 'What need of all this trouble, O son of Pritha? Do thou drink only after answering my questions!
He also must go to everlasting hell, who imputes falsehood to the Vedas, the scriptures, the Brahmanas, the gods, and the ceremonies in honour of the Pitris, He also goeth to everlasting hell who though in possession of wealth, never giveth away nor enjoyeth himself from avarice, saying, he hath none. The Yaksha asked, 'By what, O king, birth, behaviour, study, or learning doth a person become a Brahmana?
A Sraddha that is performed with the aid of a priest that hath no learning may be regarded as dead. And a sacrifice in which there are no gifts to Brahmanas is dead. The Yaksha asked, 'What constitutes the way? What hath been spoken of as water? What, as food? And what, as poison?
That adorable Lord of wealth, highly pleased with his younger brothers, invested him with the command of the Yaksha and Raksha hosts. On the other hand, the powerful and man-eating Rakshasas and Pisachas, having assembled together, invested the Ten-headed Ravana with their sovereignty.
And what is that which sacrifice cannot do without? Yudhishthira answered, 'Life is the Sama of the sacrifice; the mind is the Yajus of the sacrifice; the Rik is that which is the refuge of the sacrifice; and it is Rik alone which sacrifice cannot do without. The Yaksha asked, 'What is of the foremost value to those that cultivate? What is of the foremost value to those that sow?
And the great Yaksha Amogha with his attendants the Jambhaka Yakshas and other Rakshasas decorated with garlands of flowers obtained a place in the right wing of his army; and many gods of wonderful fighting powers in company with the Vasus and the Rudras, also marched with the right division of his army.
And what hath been spoken of as grief? Yudhishthira answered, 'True ignorance consists in not knowing one's duties. Pride is a consciousness of one's being himself an actor or sufferer in life. Idleness consists in not discharging one's duties, and ignorance in grief. The Yaksha asked, 'What hath steadiness been said by the Rishis to be? And what, patience? What also is a real ablution?
Vaisampayana continued, 'Hearing these accursed words couched in harsh syllabus, Yudhishthira, O king, approaching the Yaksha who had spoken then, stood there.
And with their down standing erect, the Pandavas saw that large assemblage of horses maintained by the lord of wealth and also the highsouled and graceful Kuvera himself surrounded by the Yaksha hosts.
Desire is due to objects of possession, and envy is nothing else than grief of heart. The Yaksha asked, 'What is pride, and what is hypocrisy? What is the grace of the gods, and what is wickedness? Yudhishthira answered, 'Stolid ignorance is pride. The setting up of a religious standard is hypocrisy.
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