970
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 18]
TEXT 37
इति लङ्घितमर्यादं तक्षकः सप्तमेऽहनि । दङ्घ्यति स कुलाङ्गारं चोदितो मे तत्तद्ग्रहम् ॥३७॥
iti laṅghita-maryādam takṣakaḥ saptame'hani daṅkṣyati sma kulāṅgāram codito me tata-druham
iti—thus; laṅghita—surpassing; maryādam—etiquette; takṣakaḥ—snake-bird; saptame—on the seventh; ahani—day; daṅkṣyati—will bite; sma—certainly; kula-aṅgāram—the wretched of the dynasty; coditaḥ—having done; me—by; tata-druham—enmity towards the father.
TRANSLATION
The brāhmaṇa's son cursed the King thus: On the seventh day from today a snake-bird will bite the most wretched one of that dynasty [Mahārāja Parīkṣit] because of his having broken the laws of etiquette by insulting my father.
PURPORT
Thus the beginning of the misuse of brahminical power began, and gradually the  brāhmaṇas  in the age of Kali became devoid of both brahminical powers and culture. The  brāhmaṇa  boy considered Mahārāja Parīkṣit to be  kulāṅgāra , or the wretched of the dynasty, but factually the  brāhmaṇa  boy himself was so because from him only the  brāhmaṇa  caste became powerless, like the snake whose poisoned teeth are broken. The snake is fearful as long as his poison teeth are there, otherwise he is fearful only to children. The personality of Kali conquered the  brāhmaṇa  boy first, and gradually the other castes. Thus the whole scientific system of the orders of society in this age has assumed the form of a vitiated caste system which is now being uprooted by another class of men similarly influenced by the age of Kali. One should see to the root cause of vitiation and not try to condemn the system as it is, without knowledge of its scientific value.