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| Canto 1: Creation | Chapter 18: Maharaja Parikshit Cursed by a Brahmana Boy |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 1.18.40
ity uktah sa nyavedayat
SYNONYMS
visrijya -- throwing aside; tam -- that; ca -- also; papraccha -- asked; vatsa -- my dear son; kasmat -- what for; hi -- certainly; rodishi -- crying; kena -- by whom; va -- otherwise; te -- they; apakritam -- 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 had 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 Parikshit'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.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness