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Parikshit's curse: the dead snake and Takshaka

Classical

The reason there was a snake sacrifice.

King Parikshit places a dead snake on the silent sage Shamika; Shamika forgives but his son Shringi curses the king to die in seven nights by Takshaka. Parikshit builds a guarded single-pillar mansion; Takshaka, disguised as a Brahmin, turns away the healer Kashyapa.

Who: Parikshit, Shamika, Shringi, Takshaka, Kashyapa

Bound to

Takshaka's son Aśvasena escapes the Khāṇḍava fire origin

The Pāṇḍavas Revealed; Uttarā Wed to Abhimanyu geneal

Parikṣit Born Dead and Revived by Kṛṣṇa geneal

Where this comes from

• vulgate (Ganguli) · Ganguli translation of the Mahabharata (read via MahabharataOnline) Ganguli, Adi Parva, Section XLII (dead snake placed on the muni in Section XL)

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