Departure of Naciketas - Verse 1-5

Lomaharsana said: King Janamejaya, the last of the Kuru line, after completing the twelve-year-long expiation for his killing a Brahmin after the performance of Asvamedha sacrifice, impelled by his own action and very much worried, approached Vaisampayana, the great sage, disciple of Vyasa, living on the bank of Gaiiga, soon after he had finished his morning rites, and spoke to him in great repentance. Janamejaya said: