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AFFLICTION IS NOTHING NEW

After this clear duty is done, you may, if you like, return to the forest and live a life of asceticism. It is not a sin' to kill by stratagem an enemy who has resorted to stratagem. I have heard that the Atharvan Veda has incantations, which can compress time and reduce its span.

If we could, by such means, squeeze thirteen years into thirteen days, we would be perfectly justified in doing so-, and you will permit me on the fourteenth day to kill Duryodhana."

Hearing these words of Bhima, Dharma- putra affectionately embraced him and sought to restrain his impetuosity."Beloved brother, as soon as the period of thirteen years is over, Arjuna, the hero, with the Gandiva, and yourself will fight and kill Duryodhana. Be patient till then.

Duryodhana and his followers, who are sunk in sin, cannot escape. Be assured of it." While the sorrow-stricken brothers were thus engaged in debate, the great sage Brihadaswa came to the hermitage of the Pandavas and was received with the customary honors.

After a while, Yudhishthira said to him: "Revered sage, our deceitful enemies, drew us into this game of dice andcheated us of our kingdom and riches, and drove my heroic brothers, as well as Panchali and myself, to the forest.

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