Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.93

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³ It is only by the sanctifying death from the weapon (çastrapūta) that the warrior comes into heaven, as the MBh. tells us over and over again. The hero, therefore, likes to slay a specially hated foeman in such a shameful way (paçumāraṃ mārayati), so that the wretched man may thereby lose paradise. Moreover, it is also awkward if we, like Yudhishṭhira (xviii, 1), see C. F. Meyer’s words coming true : Even in heaven we may meet a man we cannot bear.