Mahabharata 18.5.26

18.5.26

sūta uvāca |
etacchrutvā dvijaśreṣṭhātsa rājā janamejayaḥ |
vismito'bhavadatyarthaṃ yajñakarmāntareṣvatha || 26 ||

Sauti said: Hearing this, ye foremost of regenerate ones, at the intervals of sacrificial rites, king Janamejaya became filled with wonder. The sacrificial priests then finished the rites that remained to be gone through. Astika, having rescued the snakes (from fiery death), became filled with joy. King Janamejaya then gratified all the Brahmanas with copious presents. Thus worshipped by the king, they returned to their respective abodes. Having dismissed those learned Brahmanas, king Janamejaya came back from Takshasila to the city named after the elephant.