Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.6.19

taḿ gopāyati rājendra

śakraḥ śaraṇam āgatam

tena saḿstambhitaḥ sarpas

tasmān nāgnau pataty asau

SYNONYMS

tam — him (Takṣaka); gopāyati — is hiding; rāja-indra — O best of kings; śakraḥ — Lord Indra; śaraṇam — for shelter; āgatam — who has approached; tena — by that Indra; saḿstambhitaḥ — kept; sarpaḥ — the snake; tasmāt — thus; na — not; agnau — into the fire; patati — does fall; asau — he.

TRANSLATION

The brāhmaṇas replied: O best of kings, the snake Takṣaka has not fallen into the fire because he is being protected by Indra, whom he has approached for shelter. Indra is holding him back from the fire.

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