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SB 12.6.11

Devanāgarī

तक्षक: प्रहितो विप्रा: क्रुद्धेन द्विजसूनुना । हन्तुकामो नृपं गच्छन् ददर्श पथि कश्यपम् ॥ ११ ॥

Text

takṣakaḥ prahito viprāḥ kruddhena dvija-sūnunā hantu-kāmo nṛpaṁ gacchan dadarśa pathi kaśyapam

Synonyms

takṣakaḥ—the snake-bird Takṣaka;prahitaḥ—sent;viprāḥ—O learnedbrāhmaṇas;kruddhena—who had been angered;dvija—of the sage Śamīka;sūnunā—by the son;hantu-kāmaḥ—desirous of killing;nṛpam—the King;gacchan—while going;dadarśa—he saw;pathi—upon the road;kaśyapam—Kaśyapa Muni.

Translation

O learned brāhmaṇas, the snake-bird Takṣaka, who had been sent by the angry son of a brāhmaṇa, was going toward the King to kill him when he saw Kaśyapa Muni on the path.

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