The Nagas, having learned of Janamejaya’s intentions, inquired about the real possibilities of danger they might be in. Unfortunately, the news they received did not bode well; he had in fact invited the most powerful Brahmanas in the world to preside over the ceremony, and therefore there was a solid possibility that the sacrifice would have full effect. They felt lost, and a sense of terror crept even into the souls of the bravest. Thus, wishing to find a solution, they rushed to their king to inform him of everything.
“Brothers,” Vasuki replied to them, “you must know that the elders among us knew that sooner or later a moment of crisis like this would come and that we would have to defend ourselves from the menace of the destruction of our specie.”
“We are impious beings, envious, and we use our poison to kill even when we are not threatened. Our ancestors have already been guilty of grave sins and for this, in various moments of history, we have been cursed to perish all in a great destructive fire. At the dawn of our lineage we have unleashed the wrath of our mother; with the passage of time we have antagonized many great sages, such as Utanka and the mighty Ruru, and all, without exception, have invoked the divine punishment against us. I’ll tell you what happened many millennia ago.
This is a section of the book “Maha-Bharata As It Is vol. 1 of 2”.
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