SB 12.6.18

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

SB 12.6.17

SB 12.6.19

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 18

apaśyaṁs takṣakaṁ 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?