The interesting story of Dundubhi Snake and Ruru is found in the Kashidashi Mahabharata. Pramadvara, wife of Ruru, died as a result of snake bit. But Ruru gave half of his remaining lifespan to his wife and saved her. After this incident, he was angry at snakes and, even though a Brahmin, he roamed around the world killing all the snakes. One day he came across Dundubhi Snake. It was unusually huge and he had never seen anything like it. Ruru rushed towards Dundhubhi with a stick to kill it. Dundubhi wanted to know what wrong he had done to him that he wished to see him dead. Ruru told that all snakes are his enemies and he had made a promise to eradicate them from the world. Dundubhi then told Ruru that his path of violence was wrong and he should take the path of nonviolence. Revenge never ends as it sets a cycle of killing. Thousands die as a result of the cycle of revenge. Ruru wanted to know more about the snake and asked it who he really was. Dundubhi