तं तर्पयित्वा द्रविणैर्निवर्त्य विषहारिणम् । द्विजरूपप्रतिच्छन्न: कामरूपोऽदशन्नृपम् ॥ १२ ॥
taṁ tarpayitvā draviṇair nivartya viṣa-hāriṇam dvija-rūpa-praticchannaḥ kāma-rūpo ’daśan nṛpam
- tam
- him (Kaśyapa)
- tarpayitvā
- gratifying
- draviṇaiḥ
- with valuable offerings
- nivartya
- stopping
- viṣa-hāriṇam
- an expert in counteracting poison
- dvija-rūpa
- in the form of a brāhmaṇa
- praticchannaḥ
- disguising himself
- kāma-rūpaḥ
- Takṣaka, who could assume any form he wished
- adaśat
- bit
- nṛpam
- King Parīkṣit
Takṣaka flattered Kaśyapa by presenting him with valuable offerings and thereby stopped the sage, who was expert in counteracting poison, from protecting Mahārāja Parīkṣit. Then the snake-bird, who could assume any form he wished, disguised himself as a brāhmaṇa, approached the King and bit him.