Having been thus addressed that foremost of Brahmanas spoke thus to the king, “You cannot perform that great sacrifice, so long Yudhishthira is alive. O best of the Kurus, O feremost of kings, your long-lived father Dhritarashtra is still alive. For this reason also you cannot perform it. There is.
स एवमुक्तो नृपतिमुवाच द्विजसत्तमः। न स शक्यः क्रतुश्रेष्ठो जीवमाने युधिष्ठिरे॥ आहर्तुं कौरवश्रेष्ठ कुले तव नृपोत्तमा दीर्घायुर्जीवति च ते धृतराष्ट्र: पिता नृप।॥ अतश्चापि विरुद्धस्ते क्रतुरेष नृपोत्तम।