तक्षक: प्रहितो विप्रा: क्रुद्धेन द्विजसूनुना । हन्तुकामो नृपं गच्छन् ददर्श पथि कश्यपम् ॥ ११ ॥
takṣakaḥ prahito viprāḥ kruddhena dvija-sūnunā hantu-kāmo nṛpaṁ gacchan dadarśa pathi kaśyapam
- takṣakaḥ
- the snake-bird Takṣaka
- prahitaḥ
- sent
- viprāḥ
- O learned brāhmaṇas
- kruddhena
- who had been angered
- dvija
- of the sage Śamīka
- sūnunā
- by the son
- hantu-kāmaḥ
- desirous of killing
- nṛpam
- the King
- gacchan
- while going
- dadarśa
- he saw
- pathi
- upon the road
- kaśyapam
- Kaśyapa Muni
O learned brāhmaṇas, the snake-bird Takṣaka, who had been sent by the angry son of a brāhmaṇa, was going toward the King to kill him when he saw Kaśyapa Muni on the path.