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should have said as follows
"No, he has not been killed. An elephant of that name has been killed."
Such a statement can be said to be true both in mind and speech. The first statement "Yes, he has been killed" is true in speech but it is uatrue in mind. Byreason of such mental untruth a finger of Yudhishthira had melted away.
In the same way in the present case Vasuraj became untruthful in mind. This. beginning of untruth impelled him in future to tell untruth by speech also. A. small spark of fire however develops intoa serious destructive fire.
Once Narad who possessed pure intellect came to the hermitage of his prece-ptor-brother Parvat to see him. At the time when Narad came, Parvat was teaching his students. Parvat was explaining to
