Passage 19

In English

The was happy and pleased and permitted to ask for any boon but with some conditions. According to the conditions can ask for only one of his four dead brothers to be brought back to life if he so chose. At that time started to think deeply. After having given deep thought, said that might be brought back to life. At that, the , in surprise asked another question. You are to face the battle of in the near future and in that you will need the support of , who is full of strength and who is well versed in the use of weapons. How is it that you have chosen instead of or ? Then said that his father had two wives - and . While he, and were ’s sons, and were ’s sons. Since he was alive as a son of , it is but appropriate that he asked for the life of one of the sons of . He said that he could not ask for the life of another son of while is left without a son. was very much pleased with this reasoning and he immediately said that he was giving life back to all the four brothers.