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Within Ugraśravas’s retelling of the Mahabharata, the king Janamejaya listens to Vaiśampayana tell the story of the Kurukshetra War. He is particularly interested in the tale because it describes his ancestors (with Arjuna being his great-grandfather). Vaiśampayana tells his story while Janamejaya is in the middle of conducting a snake sacrifice (where he makes a sacrificial offering of snakes because his father, Parikshit, died of a snake bite). Janamejaya represents a contemporary India—someone who lived after most of the legendary figures but who is a direct descendant of them.
Janamejaya Quotes in Mahabharata
The Mahabharata quotes below are all either spoken by Janamejaya or refer to Janamejaya . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 6. Bhishma
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Hear, lord of the earth, how those heroes, the Kauravas, Pandavas and Somakas, fought on Kurukshetra, that place of asceticism. The mighty Pandavas came to Kurukshetra with the Somakas and advanced against the Kauravas, for they were eager for victory. Accomplished Vedic scholars all, they revelled in warfare, hoping for victory in combat but prepared for death on the battlefield.
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Janamejaya Quotes in Mahabharata
The Mahabharata quotes below are all either spoken by Janamejaya or refer to Janamejaya . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 6. Bhishma
Quotes
Hear, lord of the earth, how those heroes, the Kauravas, Pandavas and Somakas, fought on Kurukshetra, that place of asceticism. The mighty Pandavas came to Kurukshetra with the Somakas and advanced against the Kauravas, for they were eager for victory. Accomplished Vedic scholars all, they revelled in warfare, hoping for victory in combat but prepared for death on the battlefield.
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