इति लङ्घितमर्यादं तक्षक: सप्तमेऽहनि । दङ्क्ष्यति स्म कुलाङ्गारं चोदितो मे ततद्रुहम् ॥ ३७ ॥
iti langhita-maryadam taksakah saptame ’hani danksyati sma kulangaram codito me tata-druham
- iti
- thus
- langhita
- surpassing
- maryadam
- etiquette
- taksakah
- snake-bird
- saptame
- on the seventh
- ahani
- day
- danksyati
- will bite
- sma
- certainly
- kula-angaram
- the wretched of the dynasty
- coditah
- having done
- me
- my
- tata-druham
- enmity towards the father.
The brahmana’s son cursed the King thus: On the seventh day from today a snake-bird will bite the most wretched one of that dynasty (Maharaja Pariksit) because of his having broken the laws of etiquette by insulting my father.