The Story of Janamejaya and Sarpa Yagya
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The Story of Janamejaya and Sarpa Yagya
King Janamejaya the son of King Parikshit was the King of the Kurus, ruling from Hastinapura. One day, a Brahmana named Utanka came to his court. The king received him graciously, and asked him if there was something, he could do for him.
Utanka said, "You amaze me King Janamejaya. When the murderer of your father is roaming around free, you sit at ease in your court and enjoy the comforts of a King. You have acquired fame as a just King, but I see no evidence of it. You have not even addressed this great injustice to your father!"
Sage Utanka also revealed the destiny of Janamejaya - that he alone was divinely ordained to perform the Sarpa Satra. Encouraged by destiny revealed to him, Janamejaya at once ordered for the preparations to be made. The ministers and priests were already burning in anger at the loss of King Parikshit and set themselves onto the task without any delay.
The great sacrifice began. As they chanted the appropriate Mantras and poured the clarified butter into the fire, snakes, impelled by the power of these incantations, started converging from all over the world. There were snakes of all shapes and sizes. As the priests called each snake by name and uttered the fatal words, that snake would meet its fiery end into the sacrificial fire. The sacrifice continued for days. Snakes were perishing in the flames in thousands. At this point, a Brahmana named Astika came to visit the sacrifice. The sacrifice was nearing completion. The King welcomed his guest. Janamejaya asked Astika his wishes so he could fulfill everything the Brahmana’s heart desired.
Janameya questioned as to why Takshaka was still alive. He demanded to utter the mantra that would kill Takshaka immediately. The chief priest then invoked a powerful Mantra to kill Takshaka but nothing happened. Everyone seemed confused as to why the mantra was not working for Takshaka Naag. Finally, the head priest mentioned that Takshaka had sought asylum from Indra. The Lord of the Devas was protecting him in his palace, and that is why their Mantras did not work.
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A lesson to learn from King Janamejaya "Be virtuous and humble, but once the family is involved don't step back even if god is in front of you.
I am from the place where it happened. it's name is nagda formerly nag-dah. the mound where the yagya was performed is still present and snake skeletons are found there. It is now being preserved by archaeological society.
@karunakurbet3836
11 ай бұрын
Wer is it actually
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@MiniPriya
2 жыл бұрын
Ya, but only one thing they could change is to stop calling our history as mythology
@capitangato5694
2 жыл бұрын
@@MiniPriya im agree
@capitangato5694
2 жыл бұрын
Thats because this channel is amazing for learn about our culture.
I had also read that the place where the yagya happened was called Nagdah Nowadays , called Nagda.
These were the best days on earth...power of yagnas could achieve anything..
Hearing that his father had been fatally bitten by the snake-bird, Mahārāja Janamejaya became extremely angry and told the brāhmaṇas perform a mighty sacrifice in which he offered all the snakes in the world into the sacrificial fire. *-Srimad Bhagavatam 12.6.16*
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Excellent narration....
Aastik muni's story is quite famous in Eastern India.
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Janamejaya's significance comes as the listener of the first narration of the Mahābhārata, narrated by Vaishampayana, a pupil of sage Vyasa. Therefore, the Mahābhārata that we know of is actually the version narrated by the disciple of Sage Vyasa. It became an oral tradition ever since. The original book written by Sage Vyasa (and Ganesha) is said to have been stolen by the gods.
@subhmaypatra5562
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! I leart about this from Sadhguru
@abhilashghosh7578
2 жыл бұрын
Whoa! Gods stole the original version? Seriously??
@subhmaypatra5562
2 жыл бұрын
@@abhilashghosh7578 Yes, the devatās
@TheKing-qu8cm
Жыл бұрын
@@subhmaypatra5562 why
Amazing content!
Its actually the curse of Kadru (mother of Snakes) when she ordered her sons to cover the tail of Uchaisravam (divine white horse) to prove her sister Vinata (Garuda's mother) incorrect and place her under slavery and prevent Garuda from attacking the snakes for food. Her sons disobeyed her and she cursed them to death by falling to the fires of Serpa sathra yagya performed by the king Janmejaya.
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Thanks for video
i reside in florida …. We watch all your videos…. Appreciate your work & abundance knowledge on our culture …. I have few questions and searching for logic end if possible can you pls help me find answer ….. thanks in advance 🙏 4 yugas = 1 mahayuga 71 mahayuga = 1 manvantar 14 manvantar = 1 kalpa Ramayan happened 12 thousand year ago Mahabharath happened 5000 years ago And now we are in 7 th manvantar My question is 1) does in every mahayuga ramayan and mahabaratha repeats itself 2) also if yes for the above then repetition of ramayan followin every manvantar Not just ramayan and mahabartha what about stories & facts from our 18 puranas also repeat in every mahayuga and manvanthar …. And is vishnu avatar happens in every mahayuga ?
@parthatherock18
2 жыл бұрын
Yes but different kind of stories happened they continue one manvantaras
I am an 19 yo men or boy what you say, When my father was alive he once told me when you are going to darkness or any place where might a snake could be present then in your mind chant "Dohai Astik Muni(Rishi astik)" it's an bangla chant where we request to Rishi astik to forgive us, My father told this and said this will help us from snake to bite us, that how they could know that we don't want to harm them, and I told my father is this really works, for that may father replied " we chant this and believe this from our child hood, and nothing bad has happened" , following this I use to chant as my father directed me, Now it's 1 year my father was passed away. His name was Judhishthir or yudhishthir Paul, and I am prodip
@FloridaManVal
11 ай бұрын
Your father sounds like a great man
May I know the voice behind the video!
I read/heard somewhere our histroy of raja parikshitji, his son raja janmejaya and his serpayagya/serpayajna, takshak naaga, and sage astik.
Make a video on chitragupt
Panchathaksha is the representation of existence. How can existence be destroyed by anyone
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Why dint they start with Takshak and spared other snakes.. 😅
@user-kt3jn7wx5f
2 жыл бұрын
They all were involved in evil deeds so have to perish but yea u r right..there might be reason for it as they say Takshak was protected by Indra Dev..hence it might be difficult for them but as soon as the power of Yagna grows..they might be able to achieve the task✌️🙏😅🙏🙏
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Well takshaka did to take revenge on Pandavas for the destruction of his place i forgot the name on which the indra prasta was build arjun even killed his son and his wife he couldn't extract revenge on arjun so he take his revenge on parikshit
@KeshavUjoodha
2 жыл бұрын
Khandava Forest
@anuas
2 жыл бұрын
@@KeshavUjoodha thanks pal
@Tanishkasingh777
2 жыл бұрын
And what Arjuna did was by the order of Lord Krishna. In previous times, Agni was given the order to kill khandavprastha but because it was protected by Indra he could not do anything. Lord Brahma told him when Nar and Narayan will take birth as Arjun and Krishna they will help him to eat the whole forest
@anuas
2 жыл бұрын
@@Tanishkasingh777 that only proves one thing if you destroy something that belongs to someone including his pregnant wife he won't go down quietly takshaka didn't get his opportunity to take revenge on arjun but he was able to take it on parikshit now it doesn't matter who ordered you killing a pregnant woman who was running away just save her as well as her child's life is a cruel act this is one of the Krishna arjun act in MB which show how much monstrous these guys are and make you question their integrity
@Achilles-ph6wt
8 ай бұрын
@@anuas she was not pregnant. Don't include unnecessary points.
Hey plz come wid a vid on goddess manasa 🙏🏻plz
Jaratkaru is Astika Father and Manasa is Astika Mother, You said Jaratkaru is Astika mother and goddess of snake but no Manasa is Astika Mother and she is the mother of snakes
@Achilles-ph6wt
8 ай бұрын
Jaratakaru was mother of astika.
Please make a video on hanuman chalisa
Astika was the son of manasa and jaratkaru and sarpa yagna was the only reason he took birth to goddess manasa
@Achilles-ph6wt
8 ай бұрын
Jaratkaru's wife name was jaratkaru.
Tell something about Shambhala
Astika is the father of the Aztec Civilization in the Americas
Bhagavatha Puran was narrated to Emperor Paraskthi first by Sage Suta and next one was to Emperor Janmayjeyan next by same Sage Suta there they talk about the sacrifices given to Agni God by Arjuna and KRISHNA and it was repeated by Emperor Janamajeyan Serpant Sacrifice
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Devi mansa is the mother of rishi astik n jaratkaru is his father. Jaratkaru married devi mansa who is the daughter of Lord shiva n sister of nag vasuki.... Plz correct it mam.
@susanbajgain7059
2 жыл бұрын
Sage Kashyap not shiva i think
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You are doing great service to our Hindu community , thank you Om Nama Sivaya
So the Takshak naag was killed or not?
Nagas in patala are like.. you wish you can do that to me.. 😂
audio wali mam are u suffered from omnicron virus? something changed in your voice.
Because they didn't share their snacks
shud i save ye :P🔱 ?
@Lord.Dakshinamurthy
2 жыл бұрын
:) 🔱
How strange the story is!
A spoiled brat played a prank, got cursed, paid the price… and then needed to get avenged? Utanka sounds like he had a score to settle with the Nagas. If you read about it, Takshak had no personal investment in the death of Parikshit. He was simply following the divine order of honoring the power of a learned sage’s curse. And given the advent of Kali - this destruction of the lineage of Krishna was also a part of Gandhari’s overall curse. So this was meant to happen.
सर्प शर्त नही, it is सर्प सत्र .
Plz make all videos in hindi 🙏
Snake are good human's should not kill them
It's sarpa satra.
Yagya aren't sacrifices
He was clearly serpephobic. #CancelJanmeja
As I'm a Hindu, my mother promise I couldn't understand this..... Useless message for this generation.
Your story narration needs to be better.
Why the hell are you saying sarpa shastra? It's sarpa SATRA. The girl who is narrating doesn't have a clue about what she's talking about. She's just reading from a paper. Shame.