SB 12.6.11 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

तक्षक: प्रहितो विप्रा: क्रुद्धेन द्विजसूनुना । हन्तुकामो नृपं गच्छन् ददर्श पथि कश्यपम् ॥ ११ ॥

Verse text

takṣakaḥ prahito viprāḥ kruddhena dvija-sūnunā hantu-kāmo nṛpaṁ gacchan dadarśa pathi kaśyapam

Synonyms

takṣakaḥ — the snake-bird Takṣaka ; prahitaḥ — sent ; viprāḥ — O learned brāhmaṇas ; kruddhena — who had been angered ; dvija — of the sage Śamīka ; sūnunā — by the son ; hantu — kāmaḥ — desirous of killing ; nṛpam — the King ; gacchan — while going ; dadarśa — he saw ; pathi — upon the road ; kaśyapam — Kaśyapa Muni .

Translation

O learned brāhmaṇas, the snake-bird Takṣaka, who had been sent by the angry son of a brāhmaṇa, was going toward the King to kill him when he saw Kaśyapa Muni on the path.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

O learned brāhmaṇas! When the snake-bird Takṣaka, who had been sent by the angry son of a brāhmaṇa, was going toward the King to kill him, he saw Kaśyapa Muni on the path. Since he was situated in the spiritual world, the attack of Takṣaka was a useless action. This is expressed in three verses.