The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c10.51

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c10.51

If King Janaka of Videha punctuates the Brahman Yājnavalkya's brilliant exposition of theosophy by repeated gifts of a thousand cows—we may wonder who counted them, and what Yājnavalkya did with them—King Ajātaçatru of Benares, real intellectual as he is, will not allow admiring Brahmans to starve.

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