The Yaksha said : Why is a person regarded as dead? Is it for what that a kingdom becomes dead? And for what does a sacrifice become dead?
यक्ष उवाच मृतः कथं स्यात् पुरुषः कथं राष्ट्रं मृतं भवेत्। श्राद्धं मृतं कथं वा स्यात् कथं यज्ञो मृतो भवेत्।।८३।