Valaka
Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 01 Mar 2010 16:09 and updated at 01 Mar 2010 16:09
Mahabharata: 18 Parvas
MAHABHARATA NOUN
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Mbh.8.69.4022 | What wonder then in this that a man of wisdom, by perpetrating even a cruel act, may obtain great merit like Valaka by the slaughter of the blind beast? |
Mbh.8.69.4024 | Arjuna said, Tell me, O holy one, this story that I may understand it, viz, this illustration about Valaka and about Kausika living among rivers |
Mbh.8.69.4025 | Vasudeva said, There was a certain hunter of animals, O Bharata, of the name of Valaka. |
Mbh.8.69.4035 | Having slain that animal which had resolved to slay all creatures, Valaka went to heaven. |
Mbh.12.108.6131 | Even a person that is disrespectable, that is of uncleansed soul, and that is very cruel, may succeed in earning great merit as the hunter Valaka by slaying the blind beast that threatened to destroy all creatures |
Mbh.13.25.3439 | By bathing in Kanyakupa and performing one's ablutions in Valaka, one acquires great fame among even the deities and shines in glory. |
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice. |
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