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SB 12.6.16

Devanāgarī

जन्मेजय: स्वपितरं श्रुत्वा तक्षकभक्षितम् । यथा जुहाव सङ्‌क्रुद्धो नागान् सत्रे सह द्विजै: ॥ १६ ॥

Text

janmejayaḥ sva-pitaraṁ śrutvā takṣaka-bhakṣitam yathājuhāva saṅkruddho nāgān satre saha dvijaiḥ

Synonyms

janmejayaḥ—King Janamejaya, the son of Parīkṣit;sva-pitaram—his own father;śrutvā—hearing;takṣaka—by Takṣaka, the snake-bird;bhakṣitam—bitten;yathā—properly;ājuhāva—offered as oblations;saṅkruddhaḥ—extremely angry;nāgān—the snakes;satre—in a great sacrifice;saha—along with;dvijaiḥ—brāhmaṇas..

Translation

Hearing that his father had been fatally bitten by the snake-bird, Mahārāja Janamejaya became extremely angry and had brāhmaṇas perform a mighty sacrifice in which he offered all the snakes in the world into the sacrificial fire.

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