Saktri
Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 03 Mar 2010 17:18 and updated at 03 Mar 2010 17:18
Mahabharata: 18 Parvas
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Mbh.1.177.9060 | The king ever victorious in battle saw that Muni bearing the name of Saktri, that illustrious propagator of Vasishtha's race, the eldest of the high-souled Vasishtha's hundred sons, coming along from opposite direction. |
Mbh.1.177.9076 | Then that best of monarchs, thus cursed by Saktri, desiring to propitiate the Rishi began to humbly beseech him. |
Mbh.1.177.9096 | And becoming fond of human flesh as cursed by Saktri of old, the wretch shall wander over the earth, alarming and otherwise troubling all creatures' |
Mbh.1.177.9098 | A little while after, O Bharata, that best of monarchs, deprived of all his senses by the Rakshasa within him, beholding Saktri who had cursed him, said, Because thou hast pronounced on me this extraordinary curse, therefore, I shall begin my life of cannibalism by devouring thee' |
Mbh.1.177.9099 | Having said this, the king immediately slew Saktri and ate him up, like a tiger eating the animal it was fond of. |
Mbh.1.177.9100 | Beholding Saktri thus slain and devoured, Viswamitra repeatedly urged that Rakshasa who was within the monarch against the other sons of Vasishtha. |
Mbh.1.177.9101 | Like a wrathful lion devouring small animals, that Rakshasa soon devoured the other sons of the illustrious Vasishtha that were junior to Saktri in age. |
Mbh.1.178.9124 | His daughter-in-law then answered, I am Adrisyanti, the wife of Saktri. |
Mbh.1.178.9126 | Hearing her, Vasishtha said, O daughter, whose is this voice that I heard, repeating the Vedas along with the Angas like unto the voice of Saktri reciting the Vedas with the Angas' |
Mbh.1.178.9127 | Adrisyanti answered, I bear in my womb a child by thy son Saktri. |
Mbh.1.179.9170 | SECTION CLXXX Chaitraratha Parva continued The Gandharva continued, Then, O Partha, Adrisyanti, who had been residing in Vasishtha's asylum, brought forth when the time came a son who was the perpetuator of Saktri's race and who was a second Saktri in everything. |
Mbh.1.182.9270 | But the Rishi Parasara endued with great energy, the son of Saktri, the foremost of all persons acquainted with the Vedas, performed a grand Rakshasa sacrifice. |
Mbh.1.182.9271 | And remembering the slaughter of his father Saktri, the great Muni began to consume the Rakshasas, young and old, in the sacrifice he performed. |
Mbh.1.182.9274 | And the son of Saktri, like the Sun just emerging from the clouds, illuminated the whole firmament by that stainless sacrifice of his into which large were the libations poured of clarified butter. |
Mbh.1.182.9285 | It behoveth not thee to transgress against Saktri himself who was well-acquainted with all rules of morality. |
Mbh.1.182.9288 | It was for his own fault that Saktri was taken hence unto heaven. |
Mbh.1.182.9289 | O Muni, no Rakshasa was capable of devouring Saktri; he himself provided for his own death. |
Mbh.1.182.9291 | Both Saktri and Kalmashapada, having ascended to heaven are enjoying great happiness. |
Mbh.1.182.9292 | And, the other sons also of the great Rishi Vasishtha who were younger than Saktri, are even now enjoying themselves with the celestials. |
Mbh.1.182.9297 | The Gandharva continued, Thus addressed by Pulastya, as also by the intelligent Vasishtha, that mighty Muni, the son of Saktri then brought that sacrifice to an end. |
Mbh.1.183.9305 | O thou best of the Bharatas, I have told thee all about the curse of king Kalmashapada by Saktri, the illustrious son of Vasishtha. |
Mbh.5.117.5285 | And the royal sage then sported with her, as Surya with Prabhavati, Agni with Swaha, Vasava with Sachi, Chandra with Rohini, Yama with Urmila, Varuna with Gauri, Kuvera with Riddhi, Narayana with Lakshmi, Sagara with Jahnavi, Rudra with Rudrani, the Grandsire with Saraswati, Vasishtha's son Saktri with Adrisyanti, Vasishtha with Arundhati called also Akshamala, Chyavana with Sukanya, Pulastya with Sandhya, Agastya with the princess of Vidarbha Lopamudra, Satyavan with Savitri, Bhrigu with Puloma, Kasyapa with Aditi, Richika's son Jamadagni with Renuka, Kusika's son Viswamitra with Himavati, Vrihaspati with Tara, Sukra with Sataprava, Bhumipati with Bhumi, Pururavas with Urvasi, Richika with Satyavati, Manu with Saraswati, Dushyanta with Sakuntala, the eternal Dharma with Dhriti, Nala with Damayanti, Narada, with Satyavati, Jaratkaru with Jaratkaru, Pulastya with Pratichya, Urnayus with Menaka, Tumvuru with Rambha, Vasuki with Satasirsha, Dhananjaya with Kamari, Rama with the princess of Videha Sita, or Janardana with Rukmini. |
Mbh.12.349.23335 | Janamejaya said, O best of regenerate persons, it was thou that saidst before this that the Rishi Vasishtha had a son of the name of Saktri and that Saktri had a son of the name of Parasara, and that Parasara begot a son named the Island-born Krishna endued with great ascetic merit. |
Mbh.13.165.13705 | They are Atri, Vasishtha, Saktri, Parasara's son Vyasa of great energy; Viswamitra, Bharadwaja, Jamadagni, the son of Richika, Rama, Auddalaka, Swetaketu, Kohala, Vipula, Devala, Devasarman, Dhaumya, Hastikasyapa, Lomasa, Nachiketa, Lomaharsana, Ugrasravas, and Bhrigu's son Chyavana. |
Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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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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