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Updated: June 29, 2025
O best ascetics, in this world the number of snakes baffles calculation, there being many thousands and millions of them." So ends the thirty-fifth section in the Astika Parva of the Adi Parva. "Saunaka said, 'O child, thou hast named many of the serpents gifted with great energy and incapable of being easily overcome. What did they do after hearing of that curse?
O listen, as I recite in full that sin-destroying story. "The father of Astika was powerful like Prajapati. He was a Brahma-charin, always engaged in austere devotions. He ate sparingly, was a great ascetic, and had his lust under complete control. And he was known by the name of Jaratkaru.
So ends the eighteenth section in the Astika Parva of the Adi Parva. "Sauti said, 'Then the Daityas and the Danavas equipped with first-class armours and various weapons attacked the gods. In the meantime the valiant Lord Vishnu in the form of an enchantress accompanied by Nara deceived the mighty Danavas and took away the Amrita from their hands.
So ends the thirty-seventh section in the Astika Parva of the Adi Parva. "Sauti said, 'Hearing the respective speeches of all the snakes, and hearing also the words of Vasuki, Elapatra began to address them, saying, 'That sacrifice is not one that can be prevented. Nor is king Janamejaya of the Pandava race from whom this fear proceedeth, such that he can be hindered.
And they saw that it was vast, and wide as the expanse of space, unfathomable, and limitless, and the grand reservoir of water." And so ends the twenty-first section in the Astika Parva of the Adi Parva.
And that best of Brahmanas, that foremost of all virtuous men, having entered the excellent sacrificial compound, began to adore the king of infinite achievements, Ritwiks, the Sadasyas, and also the sacred fire." "Astika said, 'Soma and Varuna and Prajapati performed sacrifices of old in Prayaga.
But let thy sacrifice be ended so that my maternal relations be relieved. "Sauti continued, 'The son of Parikshit, being thus addressed by Astika, repeatedly said this unto that foremost of speakers, 'Best of the Brahmanas, ask some other boon. O, blessed be thou! But, O thou of Bhrigu's race, he did not beg any other boon.
Such was the Ocean, full of rolling waves, vast as the expanse of the sky, deep, of body lighted with the flames of subterranean fire, and roaring, which the sisters quickly passed over." And so ends the twenty-second section in the Astika Parva of the Adi Parva. "Sauti said, 'Having crossed the Ocean, Kadru of swift speed, accompanied by Vinata, soon alighted near the horse.
By practising the Brahmacharya mode of life he conciliated the Rishis; and by begetting offspring he gratified his ancestors. "Thus Jaratkaru of rigid vows discharged the heavy debt he owed to his sires who being thus relieved from bondage ascended to heaven. Thus having acquired great religious merit, Jaratkaru, after a long course of years, went to heaven, leaving Astika behind.
It is divided into several sections; in the beginning are Paushya, Pauloma, and Astika parvas, describing in full the valour and renown of kings. It is a work whose description, diction, and sense are varied and wonderful. It contains an account of various manners and rites. It is accepted by the wise, as the state called Vairagya is by men desirous of final release.
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