Saunaka

Saunaka then said, 'I have heard all that thou hast before recited.

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After a while that excellent Brahmana (Saunaka) having duly finished all his duties, and having propitiated the gods with prayers and the manes with oblations of water, came back to the place of sacrifice, where with

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Saunaka said, How is that illustrious god, viz., the puissant Narayana who is fully conversant with the Vedas and their branches, at once the doer and the enjoyer of sacrifices?

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Saunaka, since thou askest me, I shall narrate the history of Astika exactly as I heard it.

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And when Saunaka was seated in the midst of the Ritwiks and Sadhyas, who were also in their seats, he spake as followeth.

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Sauti said, O excellent Saunaka, I shall recite to thee what

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Ye foremost of regenerate ones, ye all have come to this great sacrifice of Saunaka.

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O Saunaka, suppressing all thy wrath, instruct me now.

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Saunaka, that king of kings, addressed the grandfather of his grandfather, viz., the Island-born Krishna, otherwise called Vyasa, that ocean of Vedic lore, that foremost of ascetics endued with puissance, and said these words.

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Saunaka, surnamed Kulapati, stood before the Rishis in attendance.

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