Chapter 1.12

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कथं हिंसितवान्सर्पान्क्षत्रियो जनमेजयः । सर्पा वा हिंसितास्तात किमर्थं द्विजसत्तम ॥

Ruru said: O best of the twice-born, why did king Janamejaya become the destroyer of the snakes and how did he destroy them?

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किमर्थं मोक्षिताश्चैव पन्नगास्तेन शंस मे । आस्तीकेन तदाचक्ष्व श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यशेषतः ॥

Why were they saved by wise Astika, the best of Brahmanas? I am desirous of hearing all this.

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श्रोष्यसि त्वं रुरो सर्वमास्तीकचरितं महत् । ब्राह्मणानां कथयतामित्युक्त्वान्तरधीयत ॥

Rishi said: O Ruru, you will hear the important history of Astika from the Brahmanas. Saying this he disappeared.

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रुरुश्चापि वनं सर्वं पर्यधावत्समन्ततः । तमृषिं द्रष्टुमन्विच्छन्संश्रान्तो न्यपतद्भुवि ॥

Sauti said: Ruru rushed in search of the Rishi, but he did not find him in all the forest. Finding him not, he sat down on the ground, much fatigued.

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लब्धसंज्ञो रुरुश्चायात्तच्चाचख्यौ पितुस्तदा । पिता चास्य तदाख्यानं पृष्टः सर्वं न्यवेदयत् ॥

Regaining his senses, he came home and asked his father (to relate the history) and his father related to him the story. End of Pau loma Parva

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