Note 24 — Chapter XIII · THE SAME STORY CONTINUED.
Manmatha Nath Dutt translation
This passage requires a little elucidation. He had already been visited by two transgressions, namely the incurring of his father's displeasure and the killing of his preceptor's cow. Now he commits another transgression, namely the eating of forbidden meat—these three transgressions are compared to three javelins.