SB 12.6.13

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Twelfth Canto, Chapter 6: Mahārāja Parīkṣit Passes Away

SB 12.6.12

SB 12.6.14

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 13

brahma-bhūtasya rājarṣer
deho 'hi-garalāgninā
babhūva bhasmasāt sadyaḥ
paśyatāṁ sarva-dehinām

SYNONYMS

brahma-bhūtasya—of the fully self-realized; rāja-ṛṣeḥ—the saint among kings; dehaḥ—the body; ahi—of the snake; garala—from the poison; agninā—by the fire; babhūva—turned; bhasma-sāt—to ashes; sadyaḥ—immediately; paśyatām—while they were watching; sarva-dehinām—all embodied living beings.

TRANSLATION

While living beings all over the universe looked on, the body of the great self-realized saint among kings was immediately burned to ashes by the fire of the snake's poison.