There was, in days of old, a highly energetic king, called Janamejaya, who was the son of Parikshit. On one occasion from want of discrimination, that king became guilty of Brahmanicide.
आसीद् राजा महावीर्यः परिक्षिज्जनमेजयः। अबुद्धिपूर्वामागच्छद् ब्रह्महत्यां महीपतिः॥