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two of his Sādhūs to the Yajña śālā,-sacrificial hall,with instructions to request for fcod, and, as the Brāhmins will not give them food at that time, to leave the hall uttering the following verse -
अहो कष्टमहो कष्टं तत्त्वं विज्ञायते न हि ।
अहो कष्टमहो कष्टं तचं विज्ञायते न हि ॥ १ ॥ 1. Aho kaştamaho kaştam tattvam vijnāyaté na hi;
Aho kaştamaho kaştam tatvam vijnāyaté na hi. 1. Alas I fie on us, Alas! fie on us, True Knowledge is verily
not found out; Alas! fie on us, Alas I fie on us, True Knowledge is verily
not found out. As instructed, the Sādhūs went at meal-time to the sacrificial-hall, which was decorated with banners and flags of various shapes and colours, with portal arches of variegated flowers and leaves, where vessels containing sacrificial water for sipping were placed at different places near the main entrance, where religious students practising chastity were busy in kindling sacrificial fire, where a nuinber of goats were tied to sacrificial post, where fire was blazing on the Védishaped sacrificial alter, where various sacrificial utensils filled with different kinds of oblation-materials, were carefully arranged, where numerous devout Brāltmins were sitting with the object of witnessing the sacrificial ceremonies, and the sacrificial-hall where a number of learned Biähmins well-versed in sacrificial rituals were entirely occupied in offering different kinds of oblation-inaterials accompanied by utterances of various sacred hymns.
The Sādhūs stood at the man entrance of the hall and requested for food. The Brāhmus dismissed then without giving them ary food The Sad'ıūs, tien, left the main entrance of the sacrit.cial-lall lui dily Lutung, as instructed, the verse “ Aho kastani, aho ka tam etc.'s
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