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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 22]
śrutasenaḥ—Śrutasena; bhīmasenaḥ—Bhīmasena; ugrasenaḥ—Ugrasena; ca—also; vīryavān—all very powerful.
TRANSLATION
My dear King, your four sons—Janamejaya, Śrutasena, Bhīmasena and Ugrasena—are very powerful. Janamejaya is the eldest.
TEXT 36
जनमेजयस्त्वां विदित्वा तक्षकान्निधनं गतम् । सर्पान् वै सर्पयागाग्रौ स होष्यति रुषान्वितः ॥३६॥
janamejayas tvāṁ viditvā takṣakān nidhanaṁ gatam sarpān vai sarpa-yāgāgnau sa hoṣyati ruṣānvitaḥ
janamejayaḥ—the eldest son; tvām—about you; viditvā—knowing; takṣakāt—by the Takṣaka serpent; nidhanam—death; gatam—undergone; sarpān—the snakes; vai—indeed; sarpa-yāga-agnau—in the fire of the sacrifice for killing all the snakes; saḥ—he (Janamejaya); hoṣyati—will offer as a sacrifice; ruṣā-anvitaḥ—because of being very angry.
TRANSLATION
Because of your death by the Takṣaka snake, your son Janamejaya will be very angry and will perform a sacrifice to kill all the snakes in the world.
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कालषेयं पुरोधाय तुरं तुरगमेधषाट् । समन्तात् पृथिवीं सर्वां जित्वा यक्ष्यति चाध्वरैः॥३७॥
kālaṣeyaṁ purodhāya turaṁ turaga-medhaṣāṭ