Verse 38

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I first, I first· Verses 38–40

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A quarrel broke out among them, thirsting in their minds for that thing: I first, I first; not you, not you, lord. The gods deserve their own share, being the cause of an equal labour. In this, as in a long session of sacrifice, that is the lasting dharma. So the sons of Diti, with jealousy born in them, held back their own again and again, king, the weak ones holding back the strong who had taken the jar.