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## Third Class]
[55] It is called "talu-saman". The palate of all beings is blood and soft, but the palate of the elephant is considered to be especially blood and soft.
What happened in relation to the marriage, etc., of the young Gaja-sukumara? In relation to this curiosity, the Sutrakar says:
[16] In that city, there lived a Brahmin named Somila. He was well-versed in the Rig Veda, [Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, Atharva Veda, the fifth, history, and the sixth, Nigantu, along with all their limbs and parts, and the secrets of all these four Vedas. He was the 'sarak' (memorial) of these, i.e., he taught them, therefore he was their originator, or he reminded those who had forgotten the Vedas, etc., therefore he was the memorial. He was the 'warak', i.e., he stopped those who pronounced the Vedas, etc., incorrectly, therefore he was the 'warak'. He was the 'dharak', i.e., he did not forget the Vedas, etc., that he had learned, but held them firmly, therefore he was the 'dharak'. He was the 'parak' - proficient in the Vedas, etc. He knew the six limbs. He was a scholar (pandit) in the 6th tantra (Kapiliya Shastra). He was very proficient in mathematics, education, ethics, grammar, prosody, etymology, astrology, and many other] Brahmin and Parivajak related scriptures. That Brahmin Somila had a Brahmin wife named Somashri. Somashri was beautiful, graceful, and youthful. That Brahmin Somila's daughter and Brahmin Somashri's daughter was named Soma, who was beautiful and graceful. She was flawless in terms of her form, shape, and beauty, therefore she was excellent and had an excellent body. That daughter Soma, on another day, went out of her house after bathing and adorning herself with ornaments, surrounded by many hunchbacks, etc., and greater ones. After going out of the house, she came to the royal road and started playing with a golden ball on the royal road.
2. See, the ninth sutra of the third class.
1. 3.
See, the first sutra of the third class. See, class 3, a. 1, sutra 2.