King Janmenjaya
The Snake Sacrifice
After the death of
King Parikshit, his son Janmenjaya became the king of Hastinapur. King Janmenjaya
wanted to revenge his father's death and wanted to kill Snake King Takshaka. He
decided to organise a snake sacrifice. Accordingly, a sacrificial fire was burnt where the holy priests chanted the names of different snakes.
As a result, the snakes became powerless and fell into the sacrificial fire one by one and perished. The great snake sacrifice continued for many days and hundreds and thousands of snakes emerged from everywhere and surrendered to the sacrificial fire. Everyone waited for Snake King Takshaka but he was missing. Everyone, including the priests and King Janmenjaya were puzzled, as they did not know that Snake King Takshaka had gone to Lord Indra for protection.
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