Canto & Chapters
The Age of Deterioration (13 Chapters)
Chapter 130v
Chapter 1
Chapter 230v
Chapter 2
Chapter 330v
Chapter 3
Chapter 430v
Chapter 4
Chapter 530v
Chapter 5
Chapter 630v
Chapter 6
Chapter 730v
Chapter 7
Chapter 830v
Chapter 8
Chapter 930v
Chapter 9
Chapter 1030v
Chapter 10
Chapter 1130v
Chapter 11
Chapter 1230v
Chapter 12
Chapter 1330v
Chapter 13
Canto 12, Chapter 6
Chapter 6
Verse 18 (SB 12.6.18)
SB 12.6.18 • मूल श्लोक
अपश्यंस्तक्षकं तत्र राजा पारीक्षितो द्विजान् । उवाच तक्षक: कस्मान्न दह्येतोरगाधम: ॥ १८ ॥
Transliteration
apaśyaṁs takṣakaṁ tatra rājā pārīkṣito dvijān uvāca takṣakaḥ kasmān na dahyetoragādhamaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
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?”