Guest guest Posted August 28, 1999 Report Share Posted August 28, 1999 Dear devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. We all know the story from the Bhagavatam about Tvasta performed a sacrifice after Indra had killed his son Visvarupa. The purpose of the sacrifice was to create an enemy of Indra. However, due a mistake in the prononciation of a mantra the sacrifice had a different effect. I am curious about other stories from the Vedas concerning sacrifices that "went wrong" - particularly if the fault was due to a mistake in the construction of the altar (wrong dimensions, wrong area, etc.) or in the orientation of the altar. I am aware of one story from the Mahabharata (Adi, LXI, 9ff) where a king, desiring to perform a sacrifice, employs priests to measure the measure the arena of the sacrifice and construct the altar. However, these priests could not really get it together and finally the errors in the construction was detected by a mason who was knowledgeable in the science of architecture (vastu-vidya). If anyone knows of references to such stories I would be happy to hear. Thank you very much. Your servant, Thakura-seva dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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