Mahabharat

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[स] तं तथा मन्त्रिणॊ दृष्ट्वा भॊगेन परिवेष्टितम विवर्णवदनाः सर्वे रुरुदुर भृशदुःखिताः ॥ १-४०-१ ॥

'Sauti said, 'Then the councillors beholding the king in the coils of Takshaka, became pale with fear and wept in exceeding grief.' ॥ 1-40-1 ॥

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तं तु नादं ततः शरुत्वा मन्त्रिणस ते परदुद्रुवुः अपश्यंश चैव ते यान्तम आकाशे नागम अद्भुतम ॥ १-४०-२ ॥

'And hearing the roar of Takshaka, the ministers all fled. And as they were flying away in great grief, they saw Takshaka.' ॥ 1-40-2 ॥

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सीमन्तम इव कुर्वाणं नभसः पद्मवर्चसम तक्षकं पन्नगश्रेष्ठं भृशं शॊकपरायणाः ॥ १-४०-३ ॥

'The king of snakes, that wonderful serpent, coursing through the blue sky like a streak of the hue of the lotus, and looking very much like the vermilion-coloured line on a woman's crown dividing the dark masses of her hair in the middle.' ॥ 1-40-3 ॥

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ततस तु ते तद्गृहम अग्निना वृतं; परदीप्यमानं विषजेन भॊगिनः भयात परित्यज्य दिशः परपेदिरे; पपात तच चाशनि ताडितं यथा ॥ १-४०-४ ॥

'And the mansion in which the king was living blazed up with Takshaka's poison. And the king's councilors, on beholding it, fled away in all directions. And the king himself fell down, as if struck by lightning.' ॥ 1-40-4 ॥

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ततॊ नृपे तक्षक तेजसा हते; परयुज्य सर्वाः परलॊकसत्क्रियाः शुचिर दविजॊ राजपुरॊहितस तदा; तथैव ते तस्य नृपस्य मन्त्रिणः ॥ १-४०-५ ॥

'And when the king was laid low by Takshaka's poison, his councilors with the royal priest--a holy Brahmana--performed all his last rites.' ॥ 1-40-5 ॥

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Chapter 40

Verses 6-10