I will perform the snake-sacrifice (sarpasatra) to destroy Takshaka and all his kin.
Janamejaya
bull among the Bharata lineagedescendant of the Bharata lineageextender of the Kuru lineagegreat kinglord of kings
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I grant you a boon; ask for whatever you desire.
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I grant you the boon of stopping this snake sacrifice.
An unseen evil will befall you when you least expect it.
I will give you whatever you ask for, except the stopping of this snake sacrifice.
If you ask for the sacrifice to be stopped, I will stop it.
I accept Somashrava as my priest even with his vow to give away anything a Brahmana asks for.
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Janamejaya Asks Vaishampayana About the Gambling MatchCh. 271
King Janamejaya, hearing how this event caused misery to his ancestors, asks the sage Vaishampayana to narrate the fateful gambling match in detail: who was present, who approved, and who did not.