SB 12.6.28

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Twelfth Canto, Chapter 6: Mahārāja Parīkṣit Passes Away

SB 12.6.27

SB 12.6.29

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 28

sūta uvāca
ity uktaḥ sa tathety āha
maharṣer mānayan vacaḥ
sarpa-satrād uparataḥ
pūjayām āsa vāk-patim

SYNONYMS

sūtaḥ uvāca—Sūta Gosvāmī said; iti—thus; uktaḥ—addressed; saḥ—he (Janamejaya); tathā iti—so be it; āha—he said; mahā-ṛṣeḥ—of the great sage; mānayan—honoring; vacaḥ—the words; sarpa-satrāt—from the snake sacrifice; uparataḥ—ceasing; pūjayām āsa—he worshiped; vāk-patim—Bṛhaspati, the master of eloquence.

TRANSLATION

Sūta Gosvāmī continued: Advised in this manner, Mahārāja Janamejaya replied, "So be it." Honoring the words of the great sage, he desisted from performing the snake sacrifice and worshiped Bṛhaspati, the most eloquent of sages.