Devanagari
विसृज्य तं च पप्रच्छ वत्स कस्माद्धि रोदिषि ।
केन वा तेऽपकृतमित्युक्त: स
न्यवेदयत् ॥ ४० ॥
Verse text
visṛjya taṁ ca papraccha
vatsa kasmād dhi rodiṣi
kena vā te ’pakṛtam
ity uktaḥ sa nyavedayat
Synonyms
visṛjya
—
throwing aside
;
tam
—
that
;
ca
—
also
;
papraccha
—
asked
;
vatsa
—
my dear son
;
kasmāt
—
what for
;
hi
—
certainly
;
rodiṣi
—
crying
;
kena
—
by whom
;
vā
—
otherwise
;
te
—
they
;
apakṛtam
—
misbehaved
;
iti
—
thus
;
uktaḥ
—
being asked
;
saḥ
—
the boy
;
nyavedayat
—
informed of everything .
Translation
He threw the dead snake aside and asked his son why he was crying, whether anyone had done him harm. On hearing this, the son explained to him what had happened.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O brāhmaṇa! The descendent of Aṅgirasa, hearing the wailing of his son, eventually opened his eyes and saw the dead snake on his shoulder. Casting off the snake, he asked, “O son! Why are you crying? Who has wronged you?” Having been asked, his son explained everything.
Purport
The father did not take the dead snake on his neck very seriously. He simply threw it away. Actually there was nothing seriously wrong in Mahārāja Parīkṣit’s act, but the foolish son took it very seriously, and being influenced by Kali he cursed the King and thus ended a chapter of happy history.