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THE STORY OF JANMEJAYA

Janmejaya, along with his three brothers was attending a yajna on the plains of Kurushkhetra.There arrived the offspring of the celestial bitch, Sarama. Belaboured by the brothers of Janmejaya, it went crying to its mother. The mother was infuriated. She went to the brothers and asked them,”Why did u hurt my son without any fault of his?’’ ‘’He neither  looked at your sacrifical butter nor did he touch it with his tongue.’’The brothers had no answer. Possessed by pain and anger she said,’’As you have beaten my son who hadn’t committed any fault so evil will come upon you when you least expect it.’’
Janmejaya was shocked.After the yajna was over,he returned to Hastinapura. There he began to search for a saint who could do away with the effect of the curse.
One day,while he was in a hunting expedition,he came across the hermitage of rishi Srutasrava. He had a son named Somasrava who was ascetically devoted,accomplished in the study of the Vedas,and was born of a she snake who had drunk the vital fluid of rishi Srutasarva. Janmejaya beseeched Srutasarva to give his son to him for becoming his purohit.Srutasarva said that his son had the power to absolve one from all offences except those committed against Mahadeva, but he had a secret vow----that of granting anything any Brahmana asked   from him.Janmejaya could have him if he was ready for it.
Janmejaya was more than happy to have Somasrava.He returned to the capital with him.He said tohis brothers’’’This is the person whom I’ve chosen as my spiritual master.You must comply with whatever he says.’’His brothers did exactly as  was wanted from them.
And having given these directions, the king marched towards  Takshyashila and brought the country under
            his authority

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