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30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, his neck isn't broken, said the surgeon,"
}
] |
30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He's sound from top-knot to toe except for that ugly smash on the head. Now we'll put these blankets over him and keep him quiet. If the concussion isn't bad he'll become conscious before very long."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There's no need of you fellows stayin... |
30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I know he'll pull through, said Neil."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He's as tough as a wildcat."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Some boy! said the big son of Jefferson."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He's the real goods. Oh, he's got to come... |
30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What did I do with the skis?"
}
] |
30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's all right, old man! said Neil."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You got a thump on your head coming down the slide."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It feels----"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We must keep very quiet, said the surgeon."
}... |
30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What did I hit?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A big oak tree,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I knocked it down, didn't I? asked Teeny-bits."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My head feels as if I did."
}
] |
30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If you fellows would only wait a year I might go to college with you,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I might do it at that, said Neil Durant."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Father has been talking to me about staying out a year and working before I star... |
30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You two fellows seem to be getting pretty chummy, said Ted Norris one afternoon when he and Neil came in and found Teeny-bits and the mining engineer engaged in conversation."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What's all the deep talk about?"
},
{
"from": "human"... |
30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, said Ted, looking at Wolcott Norris,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, replied the mining engineer gazing at the three of them with an expression that they later remembered,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I guess this _is_ the time to spin you a ... |
30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "After I got through Jefferson, he said, when he was sitting in front of the fireplace once more,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I went to technical school to study engineering--mining engineering--which meant that when I started out to work I traveled round the count... |
30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here's her picture,"
}
] |
30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mighty nice looking, said Neil Durant."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She reminds me of some one I've seen before, I can't think where."
}
] |
30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There was gold and copper back in the hills and the company intended to carry on extensive operations if the ground proved worth while. How strange it seemed to us to find a bit of a foreign colony--a handful of Americans and British and French, missionaries and representatives ... |
30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Bad water and Red Knife wrecked Tung-sha, said Wolcott Norris abruptly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The water was contaminated somehow--typhoid got into it. Our little colony was hard hit and when that second summer was over the youngster I told you about didn't h... |
30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "From the time when the company first started operations at Tung-sha we realized that this bandit was working against us--for the reason, of course, that he knew we would lessen his power. I questioned Ho Sen one day and learned that Red Knife had sent word around that if the 'fo... |
30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't know how far I went. When night came I was lost--scrambling in the dark over bare rocks, slipping into gulleys and fighting my way out again. I suppose I made a terrific clatter and that Red Knife's men heard me coming when I was a long way off. At any rate they got me w... |
30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I said that was pretty nearly the end of the story--but you know I've never quite given up hope of sometime finding that boy of mine."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Will you let me look at that picture again?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That mark, he... |
30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It seems-- he said unsteadily after a time,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, Teeny-bits, I'll come, said Wolcott Norris,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "By thunder! he cried,"
}
] |
30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He is a devil! He will never die."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And that was why your men acted strangely when they saw the mark on the young man's shoulder? They are from your region, too, and they know Red Knife's mark. It frightened them to find it on an American... |
30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There, there, mother, don't cry."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm not really crying, declared Ma Holbrook."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm just a little bit weepy, I'm so glad for Teeny-bits."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ma and I are ... |
30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's a wonderful thing to me to know that Teeny-bits has had you two to look out for him all these years, and it's the best compliment I ever had for you to say that you'd like to adopt me too. We'll share Teeny-bits together and I'll be satisfied if I can make him care as much ... |
30985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, she said, smiling through the tears that still gathered in her eyes,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, Ma, he said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Clayton H. Ernst has avowedly written his story, 'Blind Trails,' for 'Boys from 12 to 18,' but the ... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am sensible that in the present attempt I have retained much local colouring. For instance, the ideas of worshipping the feet of a god or great men, though it frequently occurs in Indian literature, will undoubtedly move the laughter of Englishmen unacquainted with Sanskrit, e... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Whence comest thou, O lotus-eyed Sauti, and where hast thou spent the time? Tell me, who ask thee, in detail."
}
] |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Having heard the diverse sacred and wonderful stories which were composed in his Mahabharata by Krishna-Dwaipayana, and which were recited in full by Vaisampayana at the Snake-sacrifice of the high-souled royal sage Janamejaya and in the presence also of that chief of Princes, t... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Brahma said, 'I esteem thee for thy knowledge of divine mysteries, before the whole body of celebrated Munis distinguished for the sanctity of their lives. I know thou hast revealed the divine word, even from its first utterance, in the language of truth. Thou hast called thy pr... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This work is a tree, of which the chapter of contents is the seed; the divisions called Pauloma and Astika are the root; the part called Sambhava is the trunk; the books called Sabha and Aranya are the roosting perches; the books called Arani is the knitting knots; the books cal... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tapa is innocent, study is harmless, the ordinance of the Vedas prescribed for all the tribes are harmless, the acquisition of wealth by exertion is harmless; but when they are abused in their practices it is then that they become sources of evil."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Rama said, 'If, O fathers, ye are favourably disposed towards me, the boon I ask is that I may be absolved from the sins born of my having annihilated the Kshatriyas in anger, and that the lakes I have formed may become famous in the world as holy shrines.' The Pitris then said,... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ye ascetics, shake off all inaction. Let your hearts be fixed on virtue, for virtue is the one only friend of him that has gone to the other world. Even the most intelligent by cherishing wealth and wives can never make these their own, nor are these possessions lasting. The Bha... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And Utanka, having obtained his master's leave, moved by anger and resolved to avenge himself on Takshaka, proceeded towards Hastinapura. That excellent Brahmana soon reached Hastinapura. And Utanka then waited upon King Janamejaya who had some time before returned victorious fr... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The foremost of Brahmanas and distinguished beyond all for good deeds, thus addressed by the excellent monarch of large heart, replied unto him, 'O King! the business is thy own that demandeth thy attention; therefore do it, please. O thou King of kings! Thy father was deprived ... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Child, thy father formerly read the whole of the Puranas, O son of Lomaharshana, and the Bharata with Krishna-Dwaipayana. Hast thou also made them thy study? In those ancient records are chronicled interesting stories and the history of the first generations of the wise men, all... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The great and blessed saint Bhrigu, we are informed, was produced by the self-existing Brahma from the fire at the sacrifice of Varuna. And Bhrigu had a son, named Chyavana, whom he dearly loved. And to Chyavana was born a virtuous son called Pramati. And Pramati had a son named... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And the Rakshasa saw the apartment in which the sacrificial fire was kept burning brightly. The Rakshasa then asked the flaming element 'Tell me, O Agni, whose wife this woman rightfully is. Thou art the mouth of gods; therefore thou art bound to answer my question. This lady of... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And Bhrigu saw his child Chyavana and its beautiful mother. And the Rishi in a rage asked her, 'By whom wast thou made known to that Rakshasa who resolved to carry thee away? O thou of agreeable smiles, the Rakshasa could not know thee as my wife. Therefore tell me who it was th... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then Agni, after reflecting for a while, withdrew himself from all places; from places of the daily homa of the Brahmanas, from all long-extending sacrifices, from places of holy rites, and from other ceremonies. Without their Oms and Vashats, and deprived of their Swadhas and S... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thus, O possessor of the six attributes, had Agni been cursed in the days of yore by Bhrigu. And such is the ancient history connected with the destruction of the Rakshasa, Pauloma and the birth of Chyavana."
}
] |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then within a few days of the time fixed for the nuptials, the beautiful virgin while at play with companions of her own sex, her time having come, impelled by fate, trod upon a serpent which she did not perceive as it lay in coil. And the reptile, urged to execute the will of F... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And Ruru replied, 'O messenger of heaven! What is that which the gods have ordained. Tell me in full so that (on hearing) I may comply with it. It behoveth thee to deliver me from grief!' And the celestial messenger said unto Ruru, 'Resign half of thy own life to thy bride, and ... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "One day, O Brahmana, Ruru entered an extensive forest. And there he saw an old serpent of the Dundubha species lying stretched on the ground. And Ruru thereupon lifted up in anger his staff, even like to the staff of Death, for the purpose of killing it. Then the Dundubha, addre... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And the Dundubha replied, 'O Brahmana, the snakes that bite man are quite different in type. It behoveth thee not to slay Dundubhas who are serpents only in name. Subject like other serpents to the same calamities but not sharing their good fortune, in woe the same but in joy di... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Rishi replied, 'O Ruru, the important history of Astika you will learn from the lips of Brahmanas.' Saying this, he vanished."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ruru ran about in search of the missing Rishi, and having failed to find him in all the woods, fell down o... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jaratkaru replied, 'I shall not marry for my sake, nor shall I earn wealth for enjoyment, but I shall do so for your welfare only. According to this understanding, I shall, agreeably to the Sastric ordinance, take a wife for attaining the end. I shall not act otherwise. If a bri... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Vasuki replied, 'O Jaratkaru, this my younger sister is called Jaratkaru. Given away by me, accept this slender-waisted damsel for thy spouse. O best of Brahmanas, for thee I reserved her. Therefore, take her.' Saying this, he offered his beautiful sister to Jaratkaru who then e... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "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. There is the story of ... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then at the expiration of the five hundred years, bursting open the other egg, out came Garuda, the serpent-eater. O tiger of Bhrigu's race, immediately on seeing the light, that son of Vinata left his mother. And the lord of birds, feeling hungry, took wing in quest of the food... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And at length rose the great elephant, Airavata, of huge body and with two pair of white tusks. And him took Indra the wielder of the thunderbolt. But with the churning still going on, the poison Kalakuta appeared at last. Engulfing the Earth it suddenly blazed up like a fire at... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And having gained the victory, the gods offered due respect to Mandara and placed him again on his own base. And the nectar-bearing gods made the heavens resound with their shouts, and went to their own abodes. And the gods, on returning to the heavens, rejoiced greatly, and Ind... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And they saw that unto it rushed mighty rivers by thousands with proud gait, like amorous competitors, each eager for meeting it, forestalling the others. And they saw that it was always full, and always dancing in its waves. And they saw that it was deep and abounding with fier... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now the two co-wives had laid the wager. And having laid the wager, O best of Brahmanas, the two sisters Kadru and Vinata, the daughters of Daksha, proceeded in great delight along the sky to see the other side of the Ocean. And on their way they saw the Ocean, that receptacle o... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And that bird of fair feathers, thus adored by the deities and diverse sections of Rishis, reduced his own energy and splendour."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And Garuda said, 'Let no creature be afraid; as ye are in a fright at the sight of my terrible form, I shal... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And from that place he began to radiate his heat around for the destruction of the world. And then the great Rishis, approaching the gods, spake unto them, 'Lo, in the middle of the night springeth a great heat striking terror into every heart, and destructive of the three world... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And upon Indra's causing that downpour, the Nagas became exceedingly delighted. And the Earth was filled with water all around. And the cool, clear water reached even the nether regions. And there were countless waves of water all over the Earth. And the snakes with their mother... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And the snakes, after arriving at that forest, began to enjoy themselves. And they commanded the lord of birds, viz., Garuda, of great energy, saying, 'Convey us to some other fair island with pure water. Thou ranger of the skies, thou must have seen many fair regions while cour... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Garuda, thus addressed by his father, wended to the side of that lake. He saw that expanse of clear water with birds of various kinds all around. And remembering the words of his father, that ranger of the skies possessed of great swiftness of motion, seized the elephant and the... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Kasyapa said, 'O child, do not commit a rash act, for then thou wouldst have to suffer pain. The Valakhilyas, supporting themselves by drinking the rays of the sun, might, if angry, blast thee.'"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Kasyapa then propitiated, for the sake of... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And various omens began to appear among the gods foreboding fear. Indra's favourite thunderbolt blazed up in a fright. Meteors with flames and smoke, loosened from the welkin, shot down during the day. And the weapons of the Vasus, the Rudras, the Adityas, the Sabhyas, the Marut... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Valakhilyas said, 'O Prajapati, this sacrifice of us all is for an Indra! Indeed this hath also been meant for a son being born unto thee! Let this task be now left to thee. And in this matter do whatsoever thou seest to be good and proper.'"
}
] |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And the Prajapati, gratified with all that took place, then addressed Indra of a hundred sacrifices, saying, 'Thou shalt have two brothers of great energy and prowess, who shall be to thee even as the helpmates. From them no injury shall result unto thee. Let thy sorrow cease; t... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And Garuda, depriving them of life, and then went to where the amrita was. And he saw that it was surrounded on all sides by fire. And the terrible flames of that fire covered the entire sky. And moved by violent winds, they seemed bent on burning the Sun himself. The illustriou... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And Indra said, 'O best of birds, I desire to know the limit of thy great strength. I also desire eternal friendship with thee.'"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Garuda then said, 'O Purandara, let there be friendship between thee and me as thou desirest. My strength, ... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That man who would listen to this story, or read it out to an assembly of good Brahmanas, must surely go to heaven, acquiring great merit from the recitation of (the feats of) Garuda."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "O son of Suta, thou hast told us the reason why the ... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thus, O best of regenerate ones, have I said the names of the principal serpents. From fear of being tedious I do not give names of the rest. O thou whose wealth is asceticism, the sons of these snakes, with their grandsons, are innumerable. Reflecting upon this, I shall not nam... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Brahman said, 'O best of snakes, go underneath the Earth. She will herself give thee a crevice to pass through. And, O Sesha, by holding the Earth, thou shalt certainly do what is prized by me very greatly.'"
}
] |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Brahman said, 'O Sesha, O best of snakes, thou art the god Dharma, because alone, with thy huge body, thou supportest the Earth with everything on her, even as I myself, or Valavit (Indra), can.'"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The snake, Sesha, the lord Ananta, of gr... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And Vasuki said, 'O ye sinless ones, the object of this curse is known to you. It behoveth us to strive to neutralise it. Remedies certainly exist for all curses, but no remedy can avail those cursed by their mother. Hearing that this curse hath been uttered in the presence of t... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Brahman replied, 'O ye immortals, I have thought, in my mind, of what ye have said. Let the king of the snakes do that which hath been communicated to him before by Elapatra. The time hath arrived. Those only shall be destroyed that are wicked, not those that are virtuous. Jarat... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And Krisa said, 'Be not proud, O Sringin, for ascetic as thou art and possessed of energy, thy father bears on his shoulders a dead snake. Henceforth speak not a word to sons of Rishis like ourselves who have knowledge of the truth, are deep in ascetic penances, and have attaine... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And Krisa answered, 'King Parikshit, the son of Abhimanyu, while hunting, had wounded a fleet stag with an arrow and chased it alone. And the king lost sight of the animal in that extensive wilderness. Seeing then thy sire, he immediately accosted him. Thy sire was then observin... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And Sringin said, 'That sinful wretch of a monarch who hath placed a dead snake on the shoulders of my lean and old parent, that insulter of Brahmanas and tarnisher of the fame of the Kurus, shall be taken within seven nights hence to the regions of Yama (Death) by the snake Tak... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And Samika said, 'Dear child, I know that thou art of great prowess, and truthful in speech. Thou hast never spoken falsehood before, so that thy curse shall never be falsified. The son, even when he attaineth to age, should yet be always counselled by the father, so that crowne... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And Kasyapa, thus addressed, replied, 'Takshaka, by his poison, will today burn king Parikshit of the Kuru race, that oppressor of all enemies. I go with speed, O amiable one, to cure, without loss of time, the king of immeasurable prowess, the sole representative of the Pandava... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And Kasyapa said, 'If thou art so minded, bite thou then, O king of snakes, this tree. O snake, I shall revive it, though bit by thee.'"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That king of snakes, thus addressed by the illustrious Kasyapa, bit then that banian tree. And that ... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Kasyapa said, 'I go there for wealth, give it unto me, O snake, so that taking thy gold, I may return.' Takshaka replied, 'O best of regenerate ones, even I will give thee more than what thou expectest from that king. Therefore do not go.'"
}
] |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And upon the illustrious Kasyapa's retracing his steps, Takshaka at the proper time speedily entered the city of Hastinapura. And on his way he heard that the king was living very cautiously, protected by means of poison-neutralising mantras and medicines."
},
{
"from": ... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And when the king was laid low by Takshaka's poison, his councillors with the royal priest--a holy Brahmana--performed all his last rites. All the citizens, assembling together, made the minor son of the deceased monarch their king. And the people called their new king, that sla... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Pitris said, 'Venerable Brahmacharin, thou desirest to relieve us. But, O foremost of Brahmanas, thou canst not dispel our affliction by thy asceticism. O child, O first of speakers, we too have the fruits of our asceticism. But, O Brahmana, it is for the loss of children th... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jaratkaru said. 'Ye Pitris, this desire hath always existed in my heart that I would, with vital seed drawn up, carry this body to the other world. My mind hath been possessed with the idea that I would not take a wife. But ye grandsires, having seen you hanging like birds, I ha... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Having said so, the great Rishi, Jaratkaru of virtuous soul, went away, his heart firmly fixed on practising again the severest penances."
}
] |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jaratkaru, thus addressed, consoling Vasuki, the king of the snakes, at length replied, saying, 'Asked by me about offspring, the high-souled and mighty ascetic said, There is,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thou shouldst not grieve, O daughter of the snake race, abo... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And in due time, the sister of the snakes, O Brahmana, gave birth to a son of the splendour of a celestial child, who became the reliever of the fears of his ancestors and maternal relatives. The child grew up there in the house of the king of the snakes. He studied the Vedas an... |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Janamejaya said, 'There hath not been born in our race a king who hath not sought the good of his subjects or been loved by them. Behold especially the conduct of my grandsires ever engaged in great achievements. How did my father, blessed with many virtues, meet with his death?... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The ministers said, 'Hear, O monarch of him who told us before of the meeting between that foremost Brahmana and that prince of snakes in the woods. A certain person, O monarch, had climbed up that tree containing some dry branches with the object of breaking them for sacrificia... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The chief priest answered, 'There is, O king, a great sacrifice for thee devised by the gods themselves. It is known as the snake-sacrifice, and is read of in the Puranas. O king, thou alone canst accomplish it, and no one else. Men versed in the Puranas have told us, there is s... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Meanwhile, Takshaka, that prince of snakes, as soon as he heard that king Janamejaya was engaged in the sacrifice, went to the palace of Purandara (Indra). And that best of snakes, having represented all that had taken place, sought in terror the protection of Indra after having... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And Astika said, 'Thou best of snakes, it behoveth thee not to grieve any longer. I shall dispel this fear of thine from the blazing fire. This terrible punishment, capable of burning like the fire at the end of the Yuga, I shall extinguish. Nurse not thy fear any longer.'"
},... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Sadasyas said, 'A Brahmana, though a boy, deserves the respect of kings. The learned ones do more so. This boy deserves every desire of his being fulfilled by thee, but not before Takshaka comes with speed.'"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Ritwiks replied, 'As the scriptures declare unto us, and as the fire also saith, O monarch, (it seems that) Takshaka is now staying in the abode of Indra, afflicted with fear.'"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Asked by the king on the present occasion he again told... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Ritwiks said, 'O monarch, behold, Takshaka is soon coming under thy control! His terrible cries, and loud roar is being heard. Assuredly, the snake hath been forsaken by the wielder of thunder. His body being disabled by your mantras, he is falling from heaven. Even now, rol... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Astika thereupon replied, 'Gold, silver or kine, I do not ask of thee, O monarch! But let thy sacrifice be ended so that my maternal relations be relieved.'"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The son of Parikshit, being thus addressed by Astika, repeatedly said this unto... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Many others, of huge bodies, of great speed, tall as mountain summits, of the length of a yama, of a yojana, and of two yojanas, capable of assuming at will any form and of mastering at will any degree of strength, of poison like unto blazing fire, afflicted by the curse of a mo... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The king then, on being repeatedly urged by his Sadasyas, said, 'Let it be done as Astika hath said. Let the sacrifice be ended, let the snakes be safe, let this Astika also be gratified, O Suta, thy words also be true.' When the boon was granted to Astika, plaudits expressive o... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Astika said, 'Let those Brahmanas, and other men, who shall, in the morning or in the evening, cheerfully and with attention, read the sacred account of this my act, have no fear from any of you.' And the snakes in joy thereupon said, 'O nephew, in the nature of thy boon, let it... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thus have I recited to thee this history of Astika exactly as it happened. Indeed, the recitation of this history dispelleth all fear of snakes."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "O Brahmanas, O foremost one of Bhrigu's race, as thy ancestor Pramati had cheerfully narrat... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then that blessed Brahmana, at the command of his preceptor recited the whole of that history unto the king, the Sadasyas, and all the chieftains there assembled. And he told them all about the hostility and the utter extinction of the Kurus and the Pandavas."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Be incarnate."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let it be."
}
] |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is what my father had said unto the Rishi, having been asked by him. O king of men, it is thus that thou must know I am the daughter of Kanwa. And not knowing my real father, I regard Kanwa as my father. Thus have I told thee, O king, all that hath been heard by me regardin... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Vaisampayana continued, 'Then that tiger among kings, having installed his son Puru on the throne, went away to the mount of Bhrigu for devoting himself to asceticism. And, having acquired great ascetic merit, after long years, he succumbed to the inevitable influence of Time. H... |
7864 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Vaisampayana continued, 'Bhargava having said so much cut short his speech. The Danavas were surprised and went away to their homes. Kacha, too, having stayed with his preceptor for a full thousand years, then prepared to return to the abode of the celestials, after having obtai... |
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