Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 12 Chapter 6 Verse 18

Canto 12: The Age of Deterioration | Chapter 6: Mahārāja Parīkṣit Passes Away

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.6.18

apaśyaḿs takṣakaḿ tatra

rājā pārīkṣito dvijān

uvāca takṣakaḥ kasmān

na dahyetoragādhamaḥ

SYNONYMS

apaśyan — not seeing; takṣakam — Takṣaka; tatra — there; rājā — the King; pārīkṣitaḥ — Janamejaya; dvijān — to the brāhmaṇas; uvāca — said; takṣakaḥ — Takṣaka; kasmāt — why; na dahyeta — has not been burned; uraga — of all the serpents; adhamaḥ — the lowest.

TRANSLATION

When King Janamejaya did not see Takṣaka entering his sacrificial fire, he said to the brāhmaṇas: Why is not Takṣaka, the lowest of all serpents, burning in this fire?

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