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Ganesh Thite
We get in the above mentioned discussion from the Padmapurana # reference to the performance of Rijasūya by Soma as an example of all destructiveness of the Rajasuya This story of Soma's Rajasasa and its subsequent events is alsu found in some other Purane-texts Thus in the Vayapurana 190 22 ft) it is told that Somu, after having obtained a big kingdom, perfuroied the Rājasuya in that sacrifice various gods per formed the duties of the priests Thus Hiranyagarbha was the udgatr, Brabma was the brahman and the lord Vidu was the Sadasya The sacri ficer, vz, Soma was surrounded by the great seers like Sanatkumara etc He gave the three worlds to the priests as dakşına Then Sioivali, Kubu, Vapus, Pusti, Prabhư, Vasu, Kirti, Dhrtt and Laksmi (having left their own husbands canic to him and served him After the Avabbrtha-bath at the end of the sacrifice Soma began to shine in all the directions Having obtaard the glory which cannot be obtained easily and which was worthy to be praised even by the seers, Soma lost his conscience and abandoned all the moral Then he took away the wife of Bphaspati, named Tara and that was the cause of a great war (Cp Agaipurgna 2742 ff, Matsyapurana 23 23 ff, Padmapurana V 12 19 ff, Vişnupurana IV 6 7 ff, Bbagavalapurana IX 14 4 ff) Mbh IX 42 39 f and IX 50 1 we get a reference to the Raja süja-performance of Soma and to the war of gods with the demons But bere no meation of the story of Tars is to be found
The kings used to hesitate to perform the Rajasüya as they were aware of the evil consequences of it for this we may give the following example of Yudhąshira Yudhisthira once asked Narada "Having what done, Hariscandra oblined great same and became a competitor of Indra'? Then Narda said, "Hariscandra was a valourous king He conquered all the other kings Thus he became superior to all of them Having won the whole arth he performed Rajasuya, the great sacrifice Then he became glorious The kings who perform tbus sacrifice, they enjoy along with Mahendra"
stva portuvēnēm ca rājasīje dhrunan kşaya} ||164/ sa ivan purusasardūla buddhya Sumeya partkiva / prātām cintasu subham pūna(-a) dharnain samācara |/165/| Thea Šu, Rama wad prito sini tava dharmajna vāk yenanena safruhan / nivartita rājasayan matume dhern argisala |1166|| Padmapurána V 94 158 ff Viyupurdas 40 22 ff -sa lat prapya mahadrajyarit samak sainavatām prabhu) / samājajne röjatyam sahurrasatadak fram 112211 hiranyagarbhascodgata brahmă brahnialvameylvan sodaspastura bhaguran harinārājanah prabhuḥ sanatkumūra pramukliair adyatr brahmarzabhur vetenll2 duk ramadadal somas tren lokän iti naharidam tebhyo brahmarsinrukhyeshyal sudaryebhiaca vai diwak//241am sinasca kuhiscaiva vapus pusil prabha varual kirtir dhuis ca laksmisscu nava devy ah si serire 1251 prāpyāvabhytham avagrah sarwa drrar pujitan / atrējyatirăjendro da adhatapa) ad disah 1126|| tada tatpräpya dusprāpa
lsvaryam sarkistutam sa ribhramamatir viprā vinayo'vinayāhata) 1127|| byhaspatek #wal bharyash far nama yasasyim Jahara sahasa sarrānavamatyāngirusutan 1/28/1
