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CHAPTER TWO the father must be killed at the sacrificial-ground; and there is no sin in it.
After making a fire on the back of a tortoise, one should satisfy (the fire) with an oblation, after saying, “Hail to Juhvaka," zealously. When a tortoise can not be found, then a Brāhman should throw the oblation, having lighted a blazing fire on the head, resembling a tortoise, of a pure Brāhman, bald, of a tawny color, motionless, immersed in pure water up to his mouth.122 ... Everything is one and the same god: what has been; what will be; who is lord of immortality; what grows by food. 128 Since there is one god, who perishes here? Hence, kill as many animals as you like in the sacrifice. Eating of their flesh must be done in the sacrificial rites by the one sacrificing repeatedly. For an act committed at the direction of the gods is pure.'
By him advising in this way Sagara was converted to his doctrine and had animal-sacrifices made in Kuruksetra, et cetera in the sacrificial-ground. Having begun, he made the sacrifices at the coronations of kings, et cetera, and the Asura showed those killed in sacrifice occupying heavenly palaces. Then the people converted to Parvata's opinions, trusting him, fearlessly made sacrifices consisting of injury to animals. I saw that and said to a Vidyādhara named Divākara, ‘All the animals at the sacrifice must be taken away by you.' He agreed with me; (but) when he took the animals in the sacrifice, a base god, a Parama
it is a description of funeral rites and does not involve the slaying of a father or mother. I have not been able to find an explanation of this statement. See Appendix I.
122 487. The sacrifice of a tortoise appears in the building of the firealtar, but it does not correspond with this. See Sata. Br. 7. 5. 1. (SBE, XLI). The rest of the rite here corresponds very closely with Taitt. Br. 3. 9. 15. But that concerns the aśvamedha and a tortoise has nothing to do with it. I can not locate any rite to which Hemacandra's description applies. See Appendix I.
128 490. This is Rgveda 10. 90. 2.
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