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When the Kurus had been destroyed by (hail) stones, Ushasti Kâkrâyana lived as a beggar with his virgin wife at Ibhya…
Seeing a chief eating beans, he begged of him. The chief said: 'I have no more, except those which are put away for m…
Ushasti said: 'Give me to eat of them.' He gave him the beans, and said: 'There is something to drink also.' Then sai…
The chief said: 'Were not those beans also left over and therefore unclean?' 'No,' he replied; 'for I should not have…
Having eaten himself, Ushasti gave the remaining beans to his wife. But she, having eaten before, took them and put t…
Rising the next morning, Ushasti said to her: 'Alas, if we could only get some food, we might gain a little wealth. T…
His wife said to him: 'Look, here are those beans of yours.' Having eaten them, he went to the sacrifice which was be…
He went and sat down on the orchestra near the Udgâtris, who were going to sing their hymns of praise. And he said to…
'Prastotri, if you, without knowing the deity which belongs to the prastâva (the hymns &c. of the Prastotri), are goi…
In the same manner he addressed the Udgâtri; 'Udgâtri, if you, without knowing the deity which belongs to the udgtîha…
In the same manner he addressed the Pratihartri; 'Pratihartri, if you, without knowing the deity which belongs to the…