{"id":71603,"date":"2025-03-04T18:34:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T13:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=71603"},"modified":"2025-03-04T18:36:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T13:06:57","slug":"janamejayas-determination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/janamejayas-determination\/","title":{"rendered":"Janamejaya&#8217;s Determination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Srikrishna-and-Arjuna.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-71604 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Srikrishna-and-Arjuna-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Srikrishna-and-Arjuna-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Srikrishna-and-Arjuna.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Then, he gathered the more experienced priests, who after having held council among them said:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\u201cOh, king, in the Vedas there are innumerable sacrifices, including those destined for the destruction of some species considered harmful. Among them are also those of the Nagas. But we warn you that it is an expensive and dangerous sacrifice. To carry it out you must have an unshakable determination.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\u201cI&#8217;ve already made up my mind,\u201d Janamejaya retorted. \u201cMy father&#8217;s death calls for revenge. Snakes are an evil race that harass men, women, and children. It is my opinion that they must be exterminated. Since this is technically possible, I want the preparations to begin immediately.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">A few days later, Janamejaya&#8217;s reign was shaken by feverish and intense activity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is a section of the book \u201cMaha-Bharata As It Is vol. 1 of 2\u201d.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">To buy the complete book<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kadachaeditions.com\/art\/maha-bharata-as-it-is-vol-1-of-2-english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">click here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Then, he gathered the more experienced priests, who after having held council among them said: \u201cOh, king, in the Vedas there are innumerable sacrifices, including those destined for the destruction of some species considered harmful. 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