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“Ajairyashtavyam” - My son says that this line from the Vedas
means that you should perform the Yagya by goats. But Narad
says that the above line means that you should perform the
Yagya using old rice grains. Both claim to have been taught
their meanings from their Gurus. You have also studied from
your Guruji. We thus decided that the meaning that you will
claim to have been taught by your Guruji will be considered
right. The one who has given the wrong meaning will have
to get his tongue chopped off. You have to thus become an
evidence.”
King Vasu answered, “Guruji has taught me this meaning-
“You should perform the Yagya by using old rice.” Hence I
have to tell this meaning to be right.”

Guru Mata said, “Then do you wish that my son’s tongue gets
chopped off ? I beg you to save my son. I am your Guruji's
wife and thus at a position of your mother. You have to fulfill
this desire of mine.”

The mother herself knew the right meaning but was attached
to her son. Hence, she forced the king to testify the wrong
meaning. Her mind had become weak due to the attachment
of her son. Hence, it became disturbed and stressed at the
thought of her son losing his tongue and thus forced the
honest King to give false evidence.
At that time, King Vasu also got carried away and could not
maintain his mental courage. “How can I refuse when my
Guru Mata is begging in front of me ? Thinking on these
lines, he decided to give a false evidence. Thus, in this little
incident, King Vasu’s mind become weak and he announced,
“Guruji has said ‘Aja’ as goat.” As soon as he said so, the
Kshetra Devta* hit him in the back and he fell from the high

* Kshetra Devta - The celestial god or goddess who guard that particular
place.
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