The song insulted him, the learned Priests, and even the Vedas that sanctioned the great sacrifice he was conducting. The beggar sang that learning was useless if there was no love; that sacrifices were meaningless without purity of heart; and gifts worthless if bestowed on the undeserving. He sang that this rajasuya sacrifice was a charade to gain fame and not a sacrifice at all; that real sacrifices happen unknown and unheard, by people expecting nothing in return – neither fame, nor wealth, heaven nor salvation. Those sacrifices had God’s blessings.
