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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.6.18

అపశ్యంస్తక్షకం తత్ర రాజా పారీక్షితో ద్విజాన్ । ఉవాచ తక్షక: కస్మాన్న దహ్యేతోరగాధమ: ॥ ౧౮ ॥
apaśyaṁs takṣakaṁ tatra
[apashyams takshakam tatra]
rājā pārīkṣito dvijān
[raajaa paareekshito dvijaan]
uvāca takṣakaḥ kasmān
[uvaacha takshakah kasmaan]
na dahyetoragādhamaḥ
[na dahyetoragaadhamah]
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
apaśyaṁs takṣakaṁ tatra
apaśyan
not seeing
takṣakam
Takṣaka
tatra
there
rājā pārīkṣito dvijān
rājā
the King
pārīkṣitaḥ
Janamejaya
dvijān
to the brāhmaṇas
uvāca takṣakaḥ kasmān
uvāca
said
takṣakaḥ
Takṣaka
kasmāt
why
na dahyetoragādhamaḥ
na dahyeta
has not been burned
uraga
of all the serpents
adhamaḥ
the lowest.
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?
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Not seeing Takṣaka entering his sacrificial fire, Janmejaya said to the brāhmaṇas: Why is Takṣaka, the lowest of all serpents, not burning in this fire?
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