janmejayaḥ - King Janamejaya, the son of Parīkṣit; sva-pitaram - his own father; śrutvā - hearing; takṣaka - by Takṣaka, the snake-bird; bhakṣitam - bitten; yathā - properly; ājuhāva - offered as oblations; saṅkruddhaḥ - extremely angry; nāgān - the snakes; satre - in a great sacrifice; saha - along with; dvijaiḥ - brāhmaṇas.

Hearing that his father had been fatally bitten by the snake-bird, Mahārāja Janamejaya became extremely angry and had brāhmaṇas perform a mighty sacrifice in which he offered all the snakes in the world into the sacrificial fire.