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Antipathy to the Rajasaya
Why ?
social disasters, particularly to wars The Rajasuya many times becomes ae object of censure on this ground Thus for example, when Varunt performed the Rajasaya on the Yamunatictha (a ford on the river Yarnuna)" he bed already defeated buman as well as divine heroes in the battles But after the performance a great war between gods and Dernons took place and it was destructive to all the three worlds Having told this to Janamejaya, Valsampayana concludes in general that after the Raksuja-performance great war takes place (granatumāsa lila ajas uyum nalipule palig dilet mahabhago varino jai sitaprabhuh/il// tafra kira samyran manusandarvalinstarha/ varam kratum samägahre tarunah paranraha //'ll tasin kratinate Me sangramah samrüyalal deranan danaldnash ca trailoky arya hajataks/19/1 rajasthye kralubresthe nulle jangme jaya / jajate Junal an ghoruh samgramak kze prarl//14// Mbh IX 48 11 ff
The King Hariscandra bad to suffer numerous calamuties and the reason of this misfortune is as follows The sage Vigvānutra asked for the dakyan of the Rajasuya sacrifice and in fulfilling his demand the king had to unde no severe troublesome events (Markandeya-purana VII 25 A) Mereover the Rajasaya of the king Hariscandra was indirectly the cause of a great world. annihilating war between Adi and Baka For when Vasistha came to know that Visvamitra made Hariscandra soffer many pains be cursed him to be Baka (a bird connected with water) Visvamitra, in return, cursed Vasiat dan to be Adı (another bird connected with water) The curses, of course, proved to be effective But the dispute did not end The two scers, now di and Baka fought tremendously and their war was troublesome to the whole carth (Markandeya-purana, VII 89 ff, IX 27)
In the Yogavasistha (ILI 106 I ff) we read the story of king Lamal who was the grandson of Hariscandra He bad mentally to become * Candala and to lead low kind of life of a Candala While expluplay why the king Lavana had to undergo this misfortunr, Vasiştha tells Rous followe - I shall tell you how Lavana became Candgla due to his pental doradgoment One's mind has to undergo good or bad result according to its own activities Once upon a time Lavana belonging to the family of Hariscandra began to think in the following way--My grandfauber performed the Rajasuya-sacrilice I, born in his family, perform that sacrifice to my miod Then he mentally gathered together the secuficial materiah and invited priests and became initiated He hanured sages, avoked gode, 19flamed fire in this way be performed the sacrifice, gave dakpinas to the priests and at the time of evening canuo tu awareness Thus be performed the Rajasaya mentally and therefore had mentally to undergo the life of a Candala) Therefore, O Roma, it is the miod which receives the pleasure
