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Shrimad Baagavatam - Parikshit - III
When, after six days, Suka took leave of the king, the king was free from all anxieties. He was rather actually ready to give a hearty welcome to Lord Death. A brahmin came forward and offered a lime fruit to the King. The king received it with reverence and pressed it to his eyes. A tiny insect came out of the lime and drew out to be a terrible serpent and bit the king. The body became ashes in a moment.
This
snake
was
called
Thakshaka,
the
most
venomous
serpent.
He
had
heard
of
the
curse
of
the
brahmin
boy
and
undertook
to
execute
it
himself.
On
his
way
to
the
king,
he
met
a
brahmin
Kaasyapa,
who
was
capable
of
neutralising
the
poison
of
any
snake.
Thakshaka
bowed
to
him,
gave
him
great
presents
and
requested
him
not
to
come
near
the
king,
lest
his
mission
should
fail.
Then
he
went
to
the
king
in
the
form
of
a
brahmin
and
presented
the
lime
where-in
he
was
himself
hiding
as
an
insect.
Pramadho Dheemathaamapi ; even learned people are apt to slip. But their greatness lies in the fact that they rise higher after the apparent fall. A ball of soft mud, when thrown on the ground lies flat, never more rises. But a rubber ball dashed against the ground, touches the feet of the mother Earth, and immediately rises high up into the sky. There is a purpose behind the apparent fall of great men. It is always for Loka Kalyaan. Out of the grave of Parikshith, as it were, grew the Eternal Bhaagavatha, Kalpatharu, to bless mankind for Eternity.
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This article has been written for the Vedanta Vani magazine of Chinmaya Mission.
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