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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.18.30
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 30
- sa tu brahma-ṛṣer aṁse
- gatāsum uragaṁ ruṣā
- vinirgacchan dhanuṣ-koṭyā
- nidhāya puram āgataḥ
saḥthe King — the King; tuhowever — however; brahmaof the brāhmaṇa sage-ṛṣeḥof the brāhmaṇa sage — of the brāhmaṇa sage; aṁseon the shoulder — on the shoulder; gatalifeless-asumlifeless — lifeless; uragamsnake — snake; ruṣāin anger — in anger; vinirgacchanwhile leaving — while leaving; dhanuḥwith the front of the bow-koṭyāwith the front of the bow — with the front of the bow; nidhāyaby placing it — by placing it; purampalace — palace; āgataḥreturned — returned.
While leaving, the King, being so insulted, picked up a lifeless snake with his bow and angrily placed it on the shoulder of the sage. Then he returned to his palace.
The King thus treated the sage tit for tat, although he was never accustomed to such silly actions. By the will of the Lord, the King, while going away, found a dead snake in front of him, and he thought that the sage, who had coldly received him, thus might be coldly rewarded by being offered a garland of a dead snake. In the ordinary course of dealing, this was not very unnatural, but in the case of Mahārāja Parīkṣit's dealing with a brāhmaṇa sage, this was certainly unprecedented. It so happened by the will of the Lord.