Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 16


Sanskrit:

जन्मेजय: स्वपितरं श्रुत्वा तक्षकभक्षितम् ।यथा जुहाव सङ्‌क्रुद्धो नागान् सत्रे सह द्विजै: ॥ १६ ॥

ITRANS:

janmejayaḥ sva-pitaraṁśrutvā takṣaka-bhakṣitamyathājuhāva saṅkruddhonāgān satre saha dvijaiḥ

Translation:

Hearing that his father had been fatally bitten by the snake-bird, Mahārāja Janamejaya became extremely angry and had brāhmaṇas perform a mighty sacrifice in which he offered all the snakes in the world into the sacrificial fire.

Purport: