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Ep 101: A Pound of Flour vs. a King’s Horse Sacrifice

Ep 101: A Pound of Flour vs. a King’s Horse Sacrifice

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Narrated by Kumar Varun


At Yudhishthira’s grand Ashwamedha Yajna, a strange weasel appears , half of it pure gold. What it says shocks everyone. It tells the story of a starving family’s tiny gift... that outweighed the king’s entire sacrifice.


Sources, Bibliography and Suggested further reading:

C. Rajagopalachari, Mahabharata Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1951.

Kisari Mohan Ganguli (translator), The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Published 1883–1896. Public domain translation.

Critical Edition of the Mahabharata produced by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI), Pune.



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