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Chapter 1.12 - Verse 1

Sanskrit Text

कथं हिंसितवान्सर्पान्क्षत्रियो जनमेजयः सर्पा वा हिंसितास्तात किमर्थं द्विजसत्तम

English Translation

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

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

कथं | हिंसितवान् | सर्पान् | क्षत्रियो | जनमेजयः
सर्पा | वा | हिंस् + तात | क + अर्थ | द्विजसत्तम