Tons of clarified butter, clothes and grains were ordered to get the snake sacrifice ready. All great rishis were invited for the event. With the chanting of the vedic mantras, the holy fire was lit.
The sages presiding over the sacrifice started by taking the names of nagas. Pulled by the power of the mantras, they got pulled into the fire. Soon the air was full of the stench from burning snakes.
Takshaka seeing this, along his followers ran and hid in Indra's abode.
Vasuki, the king of Nagas saw this. He asked his sister to send for Astika.
When Astika came, his mother told him, 'Our mother had cursed us to be destroyed in the snake sacrifice of Janmajeya. It had had also been said that you, Astika, will be the one who will save teh nagas from their destruction. Please go and stop this destruction'.
Astika left for the place where the sacrifice was happening. He was not allowed inside the sacrificial hall. Astika got angry and told the guards stopping him, were they not aware that stopping a brahman was not proper. The guards not knowing what to say,allowed him to go inside.
The sages presiding over the sacrifice started by taking the names of nagas. Pulled by the power of the mantras, they got pulled into the fire. Soon the air was full of the stench from burning snakes.
Takshaka seeing this, along his followers ran and hid in Indra's abode.
Vasuki, the king of Nagas saw this. He asked his sister to send for Astika.
When Astika came, his mother told him, 'Our mother had cursed us to be destroyed in the snake sacrifice of Janmajeya. It had had also been said that you, Astika, will be the one who will save teh nagas from their destruction. Please go and stop this destruction'.
Astika left for the place where the sacrifice was happening. He was not allowed inside the sacrificial hall. Astika got angry and told the guards stopping him, were they not aware that stopping a brahman was not proper. The guards not knowing what to say,allowed him to go inside.
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