972 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 18

in distress; unmilya—opening; sanakaih—gradually; netre—by the eyes;
drstua—by seeing; ca—also; arhse—on the shoulder; mrta—dead; uragam—
snake.

TRANSLATION

O brahmanas, the rsi, who was born in the family of Angira Muni,
hearing his son crying, gradually opened his eyes and saw the dead snake
around his neck.

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frasa aa es Tea aeNS TAA I
Fl Tt Aswateags: F AAI ltvoll

visrjya tani ca papraccha
vatsa kasmadd hi rodisi
kena va te’pakrtam
ity uktah sa nyavedayat

visryya—throwing aside; tam—that; ca—also; papraccha—asked; vatsa—
my dear son; kasmat—what for; hi—certainly; rodisi—crying; kena—by
whom; va—otherwise; te—they; apakrtam—misbehaved; iti—thus; uktah—
being asked; sah—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 happened.

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
Maharaja Pariksit’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.

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