Shanti Parva 165.21
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 165 · Verse 21
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Sanskrit Original
प्रजाः पशृंश्च स्वर्गे च हन्ति यज्ञो ह्यदक्षिणः। इन्द्रियाणि यशः कीर्तिमायुश्चाप्यवकृन्तति॥
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A sacrifice not completed with Dakshina, encompasses the destruction of one's children, animals, and heaven. Such a sacrifice destroys also the senses, the glory the achievements, and the very life, itself.