The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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Chapter X
The Story of Ushasti (I)
When the crops of the Kurus were destroyed by
thunderstorms, Ushasti the son of Chakra, with his
child-wife, lived in a deplorable condition in the village
of a man who owned an elephant.
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He (Ushasti) begged food from the owner of the
elephant, who was eating some wretched beans. He (the
owner of the elephant) said: "I have nothing but what is
set before me."
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Ushasti said: "Give me these."
He gave the beans and said: "Here is some water left
over from my drinking."
Ushasti said: "If I drink this, I will then be drinking what
has been left by another."
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The owner of the elephant said: "Were not those beans
also left over and therefore unclean?" Ushasti replied: "I
should not have lived if I had not eaten them; but I can
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