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the same time I shall also say that elephan and not the man is killed."
Krishna asked. :
"When you are merely asked whether Ashval thama has been killed or not, what will you say?"
Yudhishthira replied:
"I shall answer in accordence with the nature of the question."
Thereafter all jointly said to preceptor
Drona:
"You do not trust us. Yudhishthira is however truthful. So you may ask him whether Ashvatthama has been killed or not."
The preceptor Drona asked Yudhish
thira :
