🪷 ŚB 12.6.18

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

अपश्यंस्तक्षकं तत्र राजा पारीक्षितो द्विजान् । उवाच तक्षक: कस्मान्न दह्येतोरगाधम: ॥ १८ ॥

Transliteration

apaśyaṁs takṣakaṁ tatra rājā pārīkṣito dvijān uvāca takṣakaḥ kasmān na dahyetoragādhamaḥ
Synonyms
apaśyan — not seeing; takṣakam — Takṣaka; tatra — there; rājā — the King; pārīkṣitaḥ — Janamejaya; dvijān — to the brāhmaṇas; uvāca — said; takṣakaḥ — Takṣaka; kasmāt — why; na dahyeta — has not been burned; uraga — of all the serpents; adhamaḥ — the lowest.

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?

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ŚB 12.6.18requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 12.6parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 12parent skandha chapter index/bhagavatammaster index for 12 skandhas, 335 chapters, and 13,003 reading pagesŚB 1.1.1satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi · the Bhāgavatam source meditationŚB 1.2.6supreme dharma as ahaitukī and apratihatā bhaktiŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattvaŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Krishna-pramāṇa source sealŚB 10.10.29Dāmodara/Yamala-arjuna · Krishna as supreme original PersonŚB 10.10.30-31Krishna as Kāla · Viṣṇu · Paramātmā · AntaryāmīŚB 10.10.38speech, hearing, body, mind, head, and sight offered in Krishna-sevāŚB 10.10.39Gokuleśvara bound by love, smilingŚB 10.10.40Nārada correction as anugrahaŚB 10.10.41sādhu-darśana removes bondage-darknessŚB 12.2.18Kalki witness at ŚambhalaŚB 12.3.51Kali-yuga blessing through Krishna-kīrtanaSkandha 10 līlā index20-anchor Krishna-līlā source-walk inside the Bhāgavatam master pageBG 7.7mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat · no source higher than KrishnaBG 10.8ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ · Krishna as source of allBG 15.15Krishna seated in every heart and the target of all Veda/binduDiamond of Darśanas · Bhāgavata prema as the Bindu made rasa/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation

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