At that point, immobilized and prisoners of that indisputable force, the snakes began to feel themselves being sucked in the direction of the arena, towards the fire that, very high and voracious, seemed to be waiting for them. Crying out in terror, one by one they began to fall into it, first by the tens, then by the thousands and then again by the hundreds of thousands. The noise of the large reptiles falling into the fire and the stench of their burnt bodies began to invade the atmosphere, while the Brahmanas continued to recite the divine hymns.
Meanwhile, Takshaka, the author of Pariksit’s death, had taken refuge on a celestial planet, in Amaravati, the planet of his friend Indra, who had assured him that there he would be protected from the devastating effect of the mantras. Instead, at a certain point he too felt as if he were in a hypnotic state and was dragged by a higher force towards the Earth.
This is a section of the book “Maha-Bharata As It Is vol. 1 of 2”.
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