Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.6.17

sarpa-satre samiddhāgnau

dahyamānān mahoragān

dṛṣṭvendraḿ bhaya-saḿvignas

takṣakaḥ śaraṇaḿ yayau

SYNONYMS

sarpa-satre — in the snake sacrifice; samiddha — blazing; agnau — in the fire; dahyamānān — being burned; mahā-uragān — the great serpents; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; indram — to Indra; bhaya — with fear; saḿvignaḥ — very disturbed; takṣakaḥ — Takṣaka; śaraṇam — for shelter; yayau — went.

TRANSLATION

When Takṣaka saw even the most powerful serpents being burned in the blazing fire of that snake sacrifice, he was overwhelmed with fear and approached Lord Indra for shelter.

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