Brihaddyumna

Paravasu returns to the sacrifice and confesses to his brother Arvavasu that he has killed their father, mistaking him for an animal in the dark. He tells Arvavasu that he alone cannot complete the expiatory rite — Arvavasu must perform the penance for killing a brahmana while Paravasu finishes the king's sacrifice.

Arvavasu returns to the sacrifice, cleansed of his brother's sin — but Paravasu sees him approaching and tells King Brihaddyumna that Arvavasu is the killer of a brahmana who must be expelled. The servants throw Arvavasu out, though he cries out that he is innocent and that he performed the vow for his brother's sake.