ABSTRACT

FIRST AnHYAYA. I. KITRA G~Iigy~yan.i 1, forsooth, wishing to per-

form a sacrifice, chose Aruni (U dd~la.ka 2, to be his chief priest). But Aruni sent his son, Svetaketu, and said : ' Perform the sacrifice for him.' When Svetaketu 3 had arrived, Kitra asked him: 'Son of Gautama 4, is there a hidden place in the world where you are able to place me, or is it the other way, and are you going to place me in the world to which it (that other way) leads 6 ?'