स चिन्तयन्नित्थमथाशृणोद् यथा मुने: सुतोक्तो निऋर्तिस्तक्षकाख्य: । स साधु मेने न चिरेण तक्षका- नलं प्रसक्तस्य विरक्तिकारणम् ॥ ४ ॥
sa cintayann ittham athasrnod yatha muneh sutokto nirrtis taksakakhyah sa sadhu mene na cirena taksaka- nalam prasaktasya virakti-karanam
- sah
- he, the King
- cintayan
- thinking
- ittham
- like this
- atha
- now
- asrnot
- heard
- yatha
- as
- muneh
- of the sage
- suta-uktah
- uttered by the son
- nirrtih
- death
- taksaka-akhyah
- in relation with the snake-bird
- sah
- he (the King)
- sadhu
- well and good
- mene
- accepted
- na
- not
- cirena
- very long time
- taksaka
- snake-bird
- analam
- fire
- prasaktasya
- for one who is too attached
- virakti
- indifference
- karanam
- cause.
While the King was thus repenting, he received news of his imminent death, which would be due to the bite of a snake-bird, occasioned by the curse spoken by the sage’s son. The King accepted this as good news, for it would be the cause of his indifference toward worldly things.