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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.18.38
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 38
- tato 'bhyetyāśramaṁ bālo
- gale sarpa-kalevaram
- pitaraṁ vīkṣya duḥkhārto
- mukta-kaṇṭho ruroda ha
tataḥthereafter — thereafter; abhyetyaafter entering into — after entering into; āśramamthe hermitage — the hermitage; bālaḥboy — boy; galethe snake on the shoulder sarpathe snake on the shoulder — the snake on the shoulder; kalevarambody — body; pitaramunto the father — unto the father; vīkṣyahaving seen — having seen; duḥkhain a sorry plight-ārtaḥin a sorry plight — in a sorry plight; muktaloudly-kaṇṭhaḥloudly — loudly; rurodacried — cried; hain the past — in the past.
Thereafter, when the boy returned to the hermitage, he saw a snake on his father's shoulder, and out of his grief he cried very loudly.
The boy was not happy because he committed a great mistake, and he wanted to be relieved of the burden on his heart by crying. So after entering the hermitage and seeing his father in that condition, he cried loudly so that he might be relieved. But it was too late. The father regretted the whole incident.