ŚB 12.6.18
Devanagari
अपश्यंस्तक्षकं तत्र राजा पारीक्षितो द्विजान् ।
उवाच तक्षक: कस्मान्न दह्येतोरगाधम: ॥ १८ ॥
उवाच तक्षक: कस्मान्न दह्येतोरगाधम: ॥ १८ ॥
Text
apaśyaṁs takṣakaṁ tatra
rājā pārīkṣito dvijān
uvāca takṣakaḥ kasmān
na dahyetoragādhamaḥ
rājā pārīkṣito dvijān
uvāca takṣakaḥ kasmān
na dahyetoragādhamaḥ
Synonyms
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?