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Mahārāja Parīkṣit Cursed by a Brāhmaṇa Boy
963
saḥ —the King;  tu —however;  brahma-ṛṣeh —of the  brāhmaṇa  sage;  aṁse —on the shoulder;  gatāsum —lifeless;  uragam —snake;  ruṣā —in anger;  vinirgacchan —while leaving;  dhanuḥ-koṭya —with the front part of the bow;  nidhāya —by placing it;  puram —palace;  āgataḥ —returned.
TRANSLATION
While leaving, the King, being so insulted, picked up a lifeless snake with his bow and angrily placed it on the shoulder of the sage. Then he returned to his palace.
PURPORT
The King thus treated the sage tit for tat, although he was never accustomed to such silly actions. By the will of the Lord, the King, while going away, found a dead snake in front of him, and he thought that the sage, who had coldly received him, thus might be coldly rewarded by being offered a garland of a dead snake. In the ordinary course of dealing, this was not very unnatural, but in the case of Mahārāja Parīkṣit's dealing with a  brāhmaṇa  sage, this was certainly unprecedented. It so happened by the will of the Lord.
TEXT 31
एष किं निभृताशेषकरणो मीलितेक्षणः। श्रासभाधिराहोस्वित्किं नु स्यात्क्षत्रयन्धुभिः ॥३१॥
eṣa kim nibhṛtāśeṣa- karaṇo mīlitekṣaṇaḥ mṛṣā-samādhir āho-svit kim nu syāt kṣatra-bandhubhiḥ
eṣaḥ —this;  kim —whether;  nibhṛta-aśeṣa —meditative mood;  karaṇaḥ —senses;  mīlita —closed;  īkṣaṇaḥ —eyes;  mṛṣā —false;  samādhiḥ —trance;  āho —remains;  svit —if it is so;  kim —either;  nu —but;  syāt —may be;  kṣatra-bandhubhiḥ —by the lower  kṣatriya .
TRANSLATION
Upon returning, he began to contemplate and argue within himself whether the sage had been actually in meditation with senses concentrated