SB 12.6.16

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Twelfth Canto - Chapter 6: Mahārāja Parīkṣit Passes Away

SB 12.6.15 - SB 12.6.17

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 16

janmejayaḥ sva-pitaraṁ

śrutvā takṣaka-bhakṣitam

yathājuhāva sankruddho

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 and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

Hearing that his father had been fatally bitten by the snakebird, 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.

SB 12.6.15 - SB 12.6.17