Parikshit

Parikshit was the grandson of Arjuna and the son of Abhimanyu and his wife Uttarā.Uttarā was carrying their son in her womb when Abhimanyu was mercilessly and unfairly slain by the Kauravas.He was born after the end of the Kurukshetra War..Upon the commencement of the Kali Yuga, the dark age of sin, and the departure of Krishna Avatar from the world, the five Pandava brothers retire. Young Parikshit is duly invested as king, with Kripa as his counselor. He performed three aswamedha yajnas under the guidance of Kripa.Parikshit is eulogised in a hymn of the Atharvaveda (XX.127.7-10) as the Kauravya king, whose realm flowed with milk and honey and people lived happily in his kingdom. He is mentioned as the raja vishvajanina (universal king). According to the Shatapatha Brahmana (XIII.5.4), Parikshit had four sons, Janamejaya, Bhimasena, Ugrasena and Śrutasena. All of them performed the Asvamedha Yajna .He spent his last days listening to the discourses of Sage Śuka dev, compiled as the Bhagavata Purana under the banyan tree of Shukratal.