sarvātirathajid vīra
abhimanyur ajāyata
sarvātirathajid vīra
uttarāyāṁ tato bhavān
Your father, Abhimanyu, was born from the womb of Subhadrā as the son of Arjuna. He was the conqueror of all atirathas [those who could fight with one thousand charioteers]. From him, by the womb of Uttarā, the daughter of Virāḍrāja, you were born.
|| 9.22.34 ||
parikṣīṇeṣu kuruṣu
drauṇer brahmāstra-tejasā
tvaṁ ca kṛṣṇānubhāvena
sajīvo mocito 'ntakāt
After the Kuru dynasty was annihilated in the Battle of Kurukṣetra, you also were about to be destroyed by the brahmāstra released by the son of Droṇācārya, but by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, you were saved from death.
|| 9.22.35 ||
taveme tanayās tāta
janamejaya-pūrvakāḥ
śrutaseno bhīmasena
ugrasenaś ca vīryavān
My dear King! Your four sons—Janamejaya, the eldest, Śrutasena, Bhīmasena and Ugrasena—are very powerful.
|| 9.22.36 ||
janamejayas tvāṁ viditvā
takṣakān nidhanaṁ gatam
sarpān vai sarpa-yāgāgnau
sa hoṣyati ruṣānvitaḥ
Learning of your death by the Takṣaka snake, your son Janamejaya, filled with anger, will sacrifice all the snakes in a snake sacrifice.
|| 9.22.37 ||
kālaṣeyaṁ purodhāya
turaṁ turaga-medhaṣāṭ
samantāt pṛthivīṁ sarvāṁ
jitvā yakṣyati cādhvaraiḥ
After conquering the world and after accepting Tura, the son of Kalaṣa, as his priest, Janamejaya will perform horse sacrifices, for which he will be known as Turaga-medhaṣāṭ.
Tura is the name of the priest.
|| 9.22.38 ||
tasya putraḥ śatānīko
yājñavalkyāt trayīṁ paṭhan
astra-jñānaṁ kriyā-jñānaṁ
śaunakāt param eṣyati
The son of Janamejaya known as Śatānīka will learn from Yājñavalkya the three Vedas and the art of performing ritualistic ceremonies. He will also learn the military arts from Kṛpācārya and knowledge of ātmā from the sage Śaunaka.
|| 9.22.39 ||
sahasrānīkas tat-putras
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