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Then Vamadeva answered, "O king, having obtained these my Vami steeds, thou hadst said, 'I will return them. Therefore, give me back my Vami steeds, so thou mayst be able to protect thy life." Hearing this, the king said, "Pursuit of deer hath not been ordained for the Brahmanas. I do punish thee, however, for thy untruthfulness.
At this the king answered, "Let four asses carry thee, or four mules of the best kind, or even four steeds endued with the speed of the wind. Go thou with these. This pair of Vami horses, however, deserves to be owned by Kshatriyas. Know thou, therefore, that these are not thine." At this, Vamadeva said, "O king, terrible vows have been ordained for the Brahmanas.
But after accomplishing thy object, my Vami pair you should soon return. The king then taking those steeds and obtaining the leave of the Rishi pursued the deer, having yoked the Vami pair unto his car, and after he had left the asylum he spoke unto his charioteer saying, 'These jewels of steeds the Brahmanas do not deserve to possess.
If thou fearest sin, O king, give me now the Vami steeds without delay. And hearing these words of Vamadeva, the king in anger spoke unto his charioteer, saying, 'Bring me an arrow from those I have kept, which is handsome to behold and tempered with poison, so that pierced by it Vamadeva may lie prostrate in pain, torn by the dogs. Hearing this, Vamadeva answered, 'I know, O king, that thou hast a son of ten years of age, called Senajita, begotten upon thy queen.
"Markandeya continued, 'Hearing these words of the queen, that Muni, O thou foremost of the Kuru race, said, 'So be it. And thereupon king Dala became highly glad and gave unto the Muni his Vami steeds, having bowed down unto him with reverence!" Vaisampayana said, "The Rishis, the Brahmanas, and Yudhishthira then asked Markandeya, saying, 'How did the Rishi Vaka become so long lived?
Thereupon the king addressed his charioteer, saying, "Tell me all about Vami horses, otherwise I will slay thee." Thus addressed the charioteer became dreadfully alarmed and he was afraid of the king and also of Vamadeva's curse and told not the king anything and the king then lifting up his scimitar said to him, "Tell me soon, else I will slay thee."
It behoveth thee to make it capable of being seized by me by granting me thy pair of Vami horses. The Rishi then answered him saying, 'I give thee my pair of Vami horses.
The king then taking those steeds and obtaining the leave of the Rishi pursued the deer, having yoked the Vami pair unto his car, and after he had left the asylum he spoke unto his charioteer saying, "These jewels of steeds the Brahmanas do not deserve to possess. These should not be returned to Vamadeva."
If indeed Vami horses had been yoked to thy car, then couldst thou have taken it. Thereupon the king addressed his charioteer, saying, 'Tell me all about Vami horses, otherwise I will slay thee, Thus addressed the charioteer became dreadfully alarmed and he was afraid of the king and also of Vamadeva's curse and told not the king anything and the king then lifting up his scimitar said to him, 'Tell me soon, else I will slay thee. At last afraid of the king, the charioteer said, 'The Vami horses are those belonging to Vamadeva; they are fleet as the mind. And unto his charioteer who had said so, the king said, 'Repair thou to the asylum of Vamadeva. And reaching the asylum of Vamadeva the king said unto that Rishi, 'O holy one, a deer struck by me is flying away.
And while he was uttering those words, those Rakshasas slew him, and the lord of earth was soon prostrated on the ground. If thou fearest sin, O king, give me now the Vami steeds without delay."
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