saktuprasthena vo nayam yajnastulyo naradhipah Yajnas of the Tapasvins At the end of Yudhisthira's asvamedhayajna — the great yajna during which mountains of grains and rivers of ghee were consumed, and kings and people from all over the world were served for days and months together —a mongoose gets up, lets off a fierce growl that thunders like lightning and makes the birds and animals tremble with fear, and then adopting a human voice says: saktuprasthena vo nayam yajnastulyo naradhipah unchavrttervaddnyasya kuruksetranivdsinah1 O kings of the earth, this great yajna of yours has not yet equalled the one single measure of roasted grain given away by a generous resident of Kuruksetra, who himself used to live off the left-over grains painstakingly collected from harvested fields and marketplaces. And on being asked the reason for this unbelievable assertion, the mongoose begins to tel...
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saktuprasthena vo nayam yajnastulyo naradhipah Yajnas of the Tapasvins At the end of Yudhisthira's asvamedhayajna — the great yajna during which mountains of grains and rivers of ghee were consumed, and kings and people from all over the world were served for days and months together —a mongoose gets up, lets off a fierce growl that thunders like lightning and makes the birds and animals tremble with fear, and then adopting a human voice says: saktuprasthena vo nayam yajnastulyo naradhipah unchavrttervaddnyasya kuruksetranivdsinah1 O kings of the earth, this great yajna of yours has not yet equalled the one single measure of roasted grain given away by a generous resident of Kuruksetra, who himself used to live off the left-over grains painstakingly collected from harvested fields and marketplaces. And on being asked the reason for this unbelievable assertion, the mongoose begins to tel...