The Mahabharata

Ep. 7: Seven Days

The king hides in a tower. The snake hides in a fruit.

The story so far

Takshaka caught up with the healer Kashyapa on the road. "Where are you going?" he asked. "To save the king from you." Takshaka bit a great banyan tree, and it burned to ash. Kashyapa knelt, chanted, and the tree stood green again. So Takshaka tried another weapon: gold. "The king's death is written," he said. "Take this and go home." ...