Jantu
Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 26 Feb 2010 17:28 and updated at 26 Feb 2010 17:28
Mahabharata: 18 Parvas
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Mbh.1.2.388 | Then hath been described the history of king Mandhata; then the history of prince Jantu; and how king Somaka by offering up his only son Jantu in sacrifice obtained a hundred others; then the excellent history of the hawk and the pigeon; then the examination of king Sivi by Indra, Agni, and Dharma; then the story of Ashtavakra, in which occurs the disputation, at the sacrifice of Janaka, between that Rishi and the first of logicians, Vandi, the son of Varuna; the defeat of Vandi by the great Ashtavakra, and the release by the Rishi of his father from the depths of the ocean. |
Mbh.3.127.6483 | Once upon a time, when he had become old, and was trying every means to have a son, a son was born to him, Jantu by name, out of that century of women. |
Mbh.3.127.6505 | Having tried every means, and put forth great efforts, they have borne this single son, Jantu. |
Mbh.3.127.6517 | Let me set on foot a sacrifice and thou must sacrifice thy son, Jantu in it. |
Mbh.3.127.6520 | And Jantu also will once more be born as a self-begotten son of thine in that very mother; and on his back there will appear a mark of gold |
Mbh.3.128.6524 | Lomasa said, Then the priest officiated in the sacrifice in which Jantu was offered as the victim. |
Mbh.3.128.6527 | And they were smitten with torturing grief and they caught hold of Jantu by his right hand, and wept in a piteous way. |
Mbh.3.128.6537 | Jantu became the eldest and was born of his former mother and he became the most beloved to the women, not so were their own sons. |
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice. |
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