Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4021.3

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(i) For the safety and protection of the Nāgas (serpents) Vāsuki gave his sister Jaratkāru as wife to the hermit Jaratkāru. (See under Jaratkāru). (ii) The nāgas anointed Vāsuki as their King. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Dākṣiṇātyapāṭha, Chapter 36). (iii) When Vāsuki saw the serpents, born of his family, falling into the sacrificial fire of Janamejaya and dying in large numbers, he sent his nephew Āstīka to find out a way to rescue the perishing nāgas. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 53, Stanza 20). (iv) Vāsuki participated in the birth festival of Arjuna. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 122, Stanza 71). (v) Vāsuki advised the Nāgas to give the divine juice to Bhīmasena, in accordance with the request of Āryaka. (See under Bhīmasena). (vi) Vāsuki stays in the palace of Varuṇa worshipping him. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 9, Stanza 8). (vii) Arjuna once allured the sister of Vāsuki. (M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 2, Stanza 14). (viii) In Tripuradahana (the burning of Tripura) Vāsuki acted as the bow-string of Śiva and as the axle of his chariot. (M.B. Karṇa Parva, Chapter 34, Stanza 22). (ix) In the fight between Arjuna and Karṇa, Vāsuki was a well-wisher of Arjuna. (M.B. Karṇa Parva, Chapter 87, Stanza 43). (x) The Devas anointed Vāsuki as the King of the Nāgas. (M.B. Śalya Parva, Chapter 37, Stanza 30). (xi) Vāsuki gave Subrahmaṇya two followers named Jaya and Mahājaya. (Śalya Parva, Chapter 45, Verse 52).