Mahabharata episode 33 Jaratkaru Nirgamana.

 The Suta said: “Then Vasuki said to the sage Jaratkaru: “This ascetic sister of mine bears your name.

Hey bramhin! Take her as your wife. I will take care of her life. Tapodhana! I will protect her using all my powers.”

After receiving assurance from the serpent that he would take care of his sister, Jaratkaru went to the serpent Vasuki's house.

There, the sage, a master of magic, a great ascetic, and a great vow-observant, held her hand in accordance with the prescribed mantras.

With the consent of Pannagendra, the snake he took his wife and went to the abode, where all the sages were praising him.

There, Jaratkaru was sleeping with his wife on a bed decorated with precious gems.

Jaratkaru made a pact with his wife: "Never do or say anything that is displeasing to me.

If you do anything like that, I will leave you and never live in your house. Always keep these words of mine in your mind.”

The sister of the serpent, who was very saddened by his words, vowed, “So be it.”

The successful woman, however, did whatever was dear to her husband, no matter how difficult it was.

Once, Vasuki’s sister, after her period, took a bath and went to her great sage husband as was her due.

Then she became pregnant. The womb, which was endowed with great power of penance and was filled with radiant radiance, had the same radiance as that of a Vaishvanara and began to grow like the moon in the full moon.

After a few days, the great ascetic Jaratkaru, tired, fell asleep with his head on his wife’s lap.

While Jaratkaru was sleeping like this, the sun began to set in the hills. As the day wore on, Vasuki's sister became afraid that the Brahmin would become unrighteous.

"What should I do now? Should I wake my husband up or not? What should I do, so as not to offend this pious soul?

He will become angry or the pious soul will become unrighteous. But in my opinion, unrighteousness is the greater offense of the two.

If I wake him up, he will certainly become angry. Otherwise, after the time for the evening prayers has passed, he will certainly become unrighteous."

Thinking thus, the serpent's sister Jaratkaru spoke sweet words to the sage who was sleeping like a burning fire:

“Great Bhagawan! Get up! The sun is setting. Lord! Touch the water as per your vow and perform the evening worship.

Lord! The time for the evening rituals sandyavandane has come. A beautiful and terrible evening is enveloping the western direction.”

Thus called, the great ascetic Jaratkaru, with his lips quivering in anger, said to his wife:

“Serpent sister! I have been insulted by you. I cannot live with you. I am going back to where I came from.

I know for a fact that even the sun does not dare to set at the appointed time while I am sleeping.

No one wants to be humiliated. How can there be a righteous person like me?”

Hearing these heart-wrenching words of her husband in her house, Vasuki’s sister Jaratkaru said:

“I did not wake you up to insult you. Bramhin! I did this so that you would not become unrighteous.”

When his wife said this, the great ascetic sage Jaratkaru, filled with anger, said, intending to leave the serpent sister:

“Bhujanga's sister! I have never spoken untruth. Therefore, I am going. We both had made this agreement before.

My life with you was happy. After I go, tell your brother that the Lord has gone. You should not mourn for me after I go.”

Hearing this, the wife, Jaratkaru became worried and sad, her face was flushed, her eyes filled with tears, her hands joined, her heart pounding, but she said to Jaratkaru:

It is not right for you to leave me like this, who has done nothing wrong. You, who are established in the Dharma, who are always engaged in the interests of your beloved, who are in the Dharma, do not leave me.

Bramhin! The reason for which I was given to you is not yet complete. What can I say to Vasuki, who thinks I am a fool?

The son who will be born to me from you, whom my relatives, who are cursed by their mother, desire, is still not seen.

It is from this offspring that my relatives will be blessed. Do not let this union with you for this very purpose be in vain. Lord! Have mercy on me, who desires the welfare of my relatives. Great soul! How can you leave me, who am innocent, when you have given me a womb and it has not yet manifested itself?”

Hearing this, the ascetic sage Jaratkaru spoke the following words to his wife:

“In your womb is a sage who is as knowledgeable as a Vaishvanara, a sage of the highest morality, who is versed in the Vedas.”

Having said this, the great sage Jaratkaru decided to undertake severe penance and left.”

This is the forty-third chapter of the Mahabharata, in the Adi Parva, in the Astika Parva, called Jaratkaru Nirgamana.