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Part 6

Birth Of Aastik--Death Of Parikshit

Sage Shaunak Asked, "Dear Sauti, I Now Wish To Hear What The Snakes Did After Kadru's Curse." Sauti Said,

Shesh Naag (Naagraaj Vaasuki) Was Kadru's Eldest Son. After His Mother's Curse, He Visited Several Holy Places And Performed Several Great Penances. At Last Lord Brahma Appeared In From Of The Naag And Asked What He Wished For. Shesh Said, "My Lord, I Don't Want The Company Of My Sinned Brothers, Who Dispose Of My Step-brother Garud, Even After My Death, So I've Decided To End My Life In Penance." Lord Brahma Said, "My Child I Know The Character Of Your Brothers, But You Are Sinless, So By My Orders, You Will Be Immortal. Now Go And Hold The Earth On Your Head In A Way That It Should Stay Immobile." Shesh Went To Paatal, The Underworld And Held The Earth On His Thousand Hoods. By Lord Brahma's Orders, Garud Too Joined His Half-brother. The Snakes Who Lived There Made Ananta (Shesh) Their King, And Named Him Vaasuki.

Vaasuki Tried Numerous Ways To Nullify Their Mother's Curse But Was Unsuccessful. One Day, A Naag Called Elapatra Said That When Their Mother Cursed Them He Was On Her Lap, And Had Heard Lord Brahma Telling The Gods That Aastik, Son Of The Sage Jaratkaru And Vaasuki's Sister Manasa Devi.

After Searching For A Long Time, Vaasuki Found The Sage And Gave His [Vaasuki's] Daughter In Marriage To Him [Jaratkaru]. The Sage Told His Wife, "You Shouldn't Ever Upset Me, Or Else I Shall Leave You." In Due Course Of Time, Manasa Devi Became Pregnant. One Day, By Mistake She Had Woken Up The Sage From His Sleep, So He Left Her And Their Child. While Going Away, He Turned And Pointing Towards The Womb Of Jaratkaru, (Female) He Said, "Asti. (It Is There)" Thus When The Child Was Born, He Was Named Aastik. He Completed His Studies Under The Tutelage Of Sage Chyavan,

Sage Shaunak Asked That When Janmejaya Had Asked His Ministers About His Father's Death, What Had Been The Reply. Sauti Said,

They Had Said - Abhimanyu And Uttara's Son Parikshit Was Sage Kripacharya's Student And A Favorite Of Lord Krishna, Who Pampered Him A Lot. He Was Born After The The Family Of Bharat Had Become 'Pariksheen', (Had Been Wiped Out) So He was Named Parikshit.He Ruled Till He Was Sixty. He Was As Mighty As His Great Grandfather Pandu. One Day He Went For Hunting And Shot A Deer, But It Fled, Wounded. Parikshit Followed It. After Roaming All Around The Forest, He Reached The Ashram Of Sage Shamik. The King Asked The Sage About The Deer, But Because Of A Vow Of Not Speaking, Sage Shamik Did Not Reply. Parikshit Became Vexed And Put A Dead Snake On The Neck Of The Sage. The Sage Did Not Reply. Neither Did He Reacted. the King Went Back To His Palace.

Sage Shamik Had A Quick-tempered And Powerful Son Called Shringi. He Heard The Incident From Krish, His Friend, And Fuming In Anger Cursed That The King Who Had Dared To Humiliate His Father Will Be Bitten By Naag Takshak Within The Next Seven Days. Sage Shamik Had Already Pardoned The King's Mistake And Coaxed His Son Into Doing So, Though He Couldn't Nullify The Curse.

Parikshit Heard This And Was Deeply Distressed. He Made A Palace That Stood Only On One Pillar Surrounded By Guards And Snake-charmers To Ward Takshak Away.

On The Seventh Day A Sage Called Kaashyap, Was Going To The King When Takshak Stopped Him And Asked What He [Kaashyap] Wanted From The King. The Sage Replied That He Could Cure Anyone Of Any Snake-bite And He Wanted To Cure The King When Takshak Bit Him, So As To Gain A Whole Treasure As Reward. Takshak Then Revealed His Identity To The Brahmin And Said That The King's Life Was Finished Due To A Curse, And Takshak Was Ready To Give Him As Much As He Desired. Kaashyap Meditated And Verifying Takshak's Words, He Took As Much Wealth He Needed From Takshak And Went Back.

Takshak Advised Some Of His Friends To Disguise As Sages And Take Some Fruits To King Parikshit. The King Accepted The Gifts And Sat To Eat Them With His Friends. Suddenly He Saw A Small Worm In His Fruit. He Looked At The Sun, It Was About To Set. Sensing Death Hovering Above Him, He Took The Worm Showed It To His Friends, And Then Kept It On His Neck Saying, "Let Shringi's Words Be True And May This Worm Take Its Real Form Of Takshak And Bite Me. "

In A Moment, The Worm Became The Great Naag And Bit The King. The Whole Palace Lit Up For A Moment Due To The Energy Released By The Venom Of The Serpent. Then The Ministers Saw The Lotus-colored Takshat Is Flying In A Way To Create The Impression That He Is The Beautiful Horizon Of The Sky. And The King Fell Down Like A Tree Struck By The Lightening.

The Ministers, With A Heavy Heart, Made Parikshit's Young Son Janmejaya The King. At The Right Time, Janmejaya Was Married To Kaashiraaj Suvarnavarma's Beautiful Daughter Bapushtama. They Then Began Living Happily For Some Time.

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Edited by Radhikerani - 11 years ago