mahabharata stories

  Shringi said: “Father! Whatever I have done may have been hasty or bad. Whether it was pleasant or unpleasant, my words cannot be false. "Father! I tell you, it will not be otherwise. Leave it alone when cursing, I will not lie even in jest." Shamika said: “Son! I know that you are a fierce and truthful person. You have never spoken a lie before and this will never be a lie. But a father should constantly give his son advice so that he can be virtuous and achieve great success even as an adult. Aren't you still a boy? I am impressed by your penance. As your brilliance increases, so does your anger. The greatest of the religious! Knowing that you are my son and still a boy, I felt like giving you advice, seeing you so rash. Eat the food in the forest in peace. Abandon this anger and walk without abandoning the Dharma. Anger destroys the Dharma that the Yatis have earned with great difficulty. The unrighteous have no idea of ​​the goal of their path. Peace is the ...

  The Suta said: “That radiant Sringi, hearing that his teacher had taken on a dead body, was filled with rage and was filled with anger. Then he put aside all the soft words and asked in a stern voice, "Why is my father carrying a dead body today?" Krisha said: “King Parikshit, who came hunting, put a dead snake on your father’s shoulder.” Shringi said: “What evil deed did my father do to that evil king? Krisha! Tell me and then see the power of my penance.” Krisha said: "Abhimanyu's son, King Parikshit, came alone in search of a deer that had disappeared after being hit by his arrow. While searching for that deer in this great forest, he found your father and asked him. Exhausted by hunger, thirst, and fatigue, he asked your father, who was still standing in his place, about the lost deer. But when he, who was observing a vow of silence, did not answer, the king lifted a snake from the tip of his bow and placed onto his shoulder. "Sringi! Your father, ...

  Shaunaka said: “Sutanandana! I wish to know why that great sage was called Jaratkaru. For what reason did he become known as Jaratkaru on this earth? Tell me the meaning of Jaratkaru.” The Suta said: “Understand that ‘Jara’ means reduction and ‘Karu’ means a very large body. It is said that that sage, by intense penance, gradually reduced his very large body. Brahmin! For this reason, Vasuki’s sister was also called Jaratkaru.” Hearing this, the righteous Shaunaka smiled and said to Ugrasrava, "You are right!" The Suta said: “A great deal of time passed. Yet that sage, who had taken a vow of penance and was engaged in penance, did not desire a wife. That great soul, Urdhvareta, engaged in meditation and penance, traveled all over the world without the slightest fear. Not a single desire for a wife entered his mind. After a long time had passed, as time had come, a famous king named Parikshit was born in the Kaurava dynasty. Like his ancient forefather, he was mighty-a...

  The Suta said: “Dvijottama! Hearing these words of Elapatra, all the nagas were overjoyed and exclaimed, “Sage! Saint!” From then on, Vasuki took great pleasure in protecting and nurturing the maiden Jaratkaru. Not much time had passed since all the gods and demons had churned the ocean together. Then the mighty Naga Vasuki was the rope to be used for churning the ocean. Having completed that task, he went to his father. The gods who were with Vasuki requested their father: “Lord! This cursed Vasuki is suffering a lot of pain. God! This curse, which has arisen in him, who desires the welfare of his caste due to the curse of his mother, must be removed from his mind. "This Nagaraja has always been our well-wisher and beloved. O God! Give him the prasad that will remove his mental fever." Brahma said: "O immortals! I have thought about your words. When the time comes, Nagendra should do as the serpent Elapatra had said before about Jaratkaru. By this, only the sinn...

  The Suta said: “Hearing all the Nagas speak their words and these words of Vasuki, Elapatra addressed them and said: "Neither this sacred sacrifice nor the victory of the Pandavas, which is the cause of all our great fear, can be stopped." King! A man afflicted by a deity should only appeal to God, otherwise nothing else will come to his rescue. O Pannagasattam! This fear of all of us is also God-given. The refuge of God is the only way for us. Listen to these words of mine. O Pannagasattama! When the curse was pronounced against us, I sat on my mother's lap in fear. Then I heard the Lord say, "This is very sharp! Very sharp!" Then that great light, sorrowful, went to the father and said: The gods said: “Father! God of gods! What other mother, let alone Kadru, could curse her beloved sons so harshly in front of you? "Father! We heard you say, 'Let it be so, too.' We want to know the reason why you did not stop it." Brahma said: "Ther...

  The Suta said: "Immediately after hearing his mother's curse, Pannaga Sattama Vasuki began to think about what to do to prevent this curse from happening." Then he consulted with all his brothers, including Dharmaparayana Airavata. Vasuki said: "Anaghare! You all know about the curse that is upon us. We must make some effort to get rid of this curse." We know that there is salvation for all kinds of curses. But you serpents! They say there is no salvation for the curse of the mother. My heart trembles knowing that this curse was uttered in the presence of the unworthy, the unjust, and the truth itself. Our destruction must be near. Otherwise, that inexhaustible god would have stopped her from cursing like this. So, without wasting much time, let's meditate on the welfare of all the serpents. "Something must be done to prevent the sacrifice of Janamejaya, which is the cause of the destruction of snakes, from taking place." The Suta said: “Hear...

  Shaunaka said: "We have heard about the powerful and greedy serpents. What did they do after learning of the curse?" The Sutta said: “The venerable Lord Sesha, having abandoned Kadru, performed a great penance, fasting and consuming only the air. He performed penance in the forests of Gandhamadana, Badari, Gokarna, and Pushkara, and on the Himavat mountain. In all these holy pilgrimages and shrines, he was solitary, a regular devotee, and a constant seeker of life. The patriarch saw the lord, his hair tied up, his skin and flesh withered, and performing severe penance. The father said to the ascetic Satyadhruthi: "Shesha! What are you doing? Do good to the world." "Anagha! The worlds are burning due to your intense penance. Shesha! Tell me the desire in your heart." Sesha said: "All my brothers are weak-minded. I do not want to live with them. Lord! Please have mercy on me for this." They are always engaged in jealousy and hostility tow...