Chapter 6
जन्मेजय: स्वपितरं श्रुत्वा तक्षकभक्षितम् । यथा जुहाव सङ्क्रुद्धो नागान् सत्रे सह द्विजै: ॥ १६ ॥
Transliteration
janmejayaḥ sva-pitaraṁ śrutvā takṣaka-bhakṣitam yathājuhāva saṅkruddho nāgān satre saha dvijaiḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
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.”