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Shunahshepa, the boy bound for Varuna

Harishchandra promises Varuna the son he asks for and keeps putting off the sacrifice; the prince flees, the king swells with disease, and the bought boy Shunahshepa praises the gods from the post until his bonds fall.

Varuna, Harishchandra, Rohita, Indra

Pan-India