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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.18.40
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 40
- visṛjya taṁ ca papraccha
- vatsa kasmād dhi rodiṣi
- kena vā te 'pakṛtam
- ity uktaḥ sa nyavedayat
visṛjyathrowing aside — throwing aside; tamthat — that; caalso — also; papracchaasked — asked; vatsamy dear son — my dear son; kasmātwhat for — what for; hicertainly — certainly; rodiṣicrying — crying; kenaby whom — by whom; vāotherwise — otherwise; tethey — they; apakṛtammisbehaved — misbehaved; itithus — thus; uktaḥbeing asked — being asked; saḥthe boy — the boy; nyavedayatinformed of everything — informed of everything.
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.
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 Mahārāja Parīkṣit'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.