Shloka 14
Ādi-parva Adhyāya 3 — Janamejaya’s Rite, Dhaumya’s Parīkṣā, and Uttanka’s Kuṇḍala Quest (सर्पसत्रप्रस्तावना–गुरुपरीक्षा–उत्तङ्कोपाख्यान)
तस्य तं॑ पुत्रमभिगम्य जनमेजय: पारीक्षित: पौरोहित्याय वत्रे,परीक्षितकुमार जनमेजयने महर्षि श्रुतश्रवाके पास जाकर उनके पुत्र सोमश्रवाका पुरोहितपदके लिये वरण किया
tasya taṁ putram abhigamya janamejayaḥ pārīkṣitaḥ paurohityāya vavre | parīkṣitakumāraḥ janamejayaḥ maharṣiśrutśravasaḥ samīpaṁ gatvā tasya putraṁ somaśravasaṁ purohitapade vavre ||
Approaching the sage’s son, King Janamejaya, the son of Parikshit, chose him to serve as his royal priest. Thus Janamejaya went to the great seer Shrutashravas and appointed his son Somashravas to the office of purohita—an act that underscores the king’s duty to seek learned, disciplined guidance for righteous governance and ritual propriety.
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