पारीक्षित इति श्रुत्वा प्राहर्त्विज उदारधी: । सहेन्द्रस्तक्षको विप्रा नाग्नौ किमिति पात्यते ॥ २० ॥
pārīkṣita iti śrutvā prāhartvija udāra-dhīḥ sahendras takṣako viprā nāgnau kim iti pātyate
- pārīkṣitaḥ
- King Janamejaya
- iti
- these words
- śrutvā
- hearing
- prāha
- replied
- ṛtvijaḥ
- to the priests
- udāra
- broad
- dhīḥ
- whose intelligence
- saha
- along with
- indraḥ
- Indra
- takṣakaḥ
- Takṣaka
- viprāḥ
- O brāhmaṇas
- na
- not
- agnau
- into the fire
- kim
- why
- iti
- indeed
- pātyate
- is made to fall
The intelligent King Janamejaya, hearing these words, replied to the priests: Then, my dear brāhmaṇas, why not make Takṣaka fall into the fire, along with his protector, Indra?