Mundaka Upanishad : Chapter 1: Section 1 : Mantram-s 1,2 Continued ..
25/03/2018 Mundaka Upanishad : Chapter 1: Section 1 : Mantram-s 1,2 Continued ... Janamejaya performed a Sarpa Yaga, a yajna which he undertook to vindicate the death of his father Parikshit, who died on account of a snakebite. Janamejaya’s anger over the snakebite was such that, when he heard that his father died in that way, he determined to end the species of snakes completely, and conducted a yajna called Sarpa Yaga, which did not succeed in the end on account of some interference. At that time Vyasa was present, and he told his disciple Vaisampayana to tell the whole story of the Mahabharata to Janamejaya, who was eager to know exactly what happened to his forefathers, the Pandavas, whose progeny was Parikshit, his father. Similarly, the Puranas were recited by Suta, a learned sage in the Naimisha forest, which is near Neemsar, somewhere around Sitapur. Saunaka, the great sage, the Mahashala, the performer of large sacrifices, stood up in the assembly and queried the