जन्मेजय: स्वपितरं श्रुत्वा तक्षकभक्षितम् । यथा जुहाव सङ्क्रुद्धो नागान् सत्रे सह द्विजै: ॥ १६ ॥
janmejayaḥ sva-pitaraṁ śrutvā takṣaka-bhakṣitam yathājuhāva saṅkruddho nāgān satre saha dvijaiḥ
- 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.
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.