Krishna takes part in a non-combatant role, as charioteer for Arjuna. This sarpasattra material was often considered an independent tale added to a version of the Mahābhārata by 'thematic attraction' (Minkowski 1991), and considered to have a particularly close connection to literature. The snake sacrifice of Janamejaya The Ādi-parva includes the snake sacrifice ( sarpasattra) of, explaining its motivation, detailing why all snakes in existence were intended to be destroyed, and why in spite of this, there are still snakes in existence. The story is then recited again by a professional storyteller named, many years later, to an assemblage of sages performing the 12-year sacrifice for the king Saunaka Kulapati in the. It is first recited at by the sage, a disciple of Vyāsa, to the King who is the great-grandson of the prince. The epic employs the structure, otherwise known as frametales, popular in many Indian religious and non-religious works. The first section of the Mahābhārata states that it was who wrote down the text to Vyasa's dictation. He also describes the Guru-shishya parampara, which traces all great teachers and their students of the Vedic times.
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