ŚB 12.6.28
Canto 12, Chapter 6, Text 28
सूत उवाच
इत्युक्त: स तथेत्याह महर्षेर्मानयन् वच: ।
सर्पसत्रादुपरत: पूजयामास वाक्पतिम् ॥ २८ ॥
इत्युक्त: स तथेत्याह महर्षेर्मानयन् वच: ।
सर्पसत्रादुपरत: पूजयामास वाक्पतिम् ॥ २८ ॥
sūta uvāca
ity uktaḥ sa tathety āha
maharṣer mānayan vacaḥ
sarpa-satrād uparataḥ
pūjayām āsa vāk-patim
ity uktaḥ sa tathety āha
maharṣer mānayan vacaḥ
sarpa-satrād uparataḥ
pūjayām āsa vāk-patim
Word by word
sūtaḥ uvāca — Sūta Gosvāmī said; iti — thus; uktaḥ — addressed; saḥ — he (Janamejaya); tathā iti — so be it; āha — he said; mahā-ṛṣeḥ — of the great sage; mānayan — honoring; vacaḥ — the words; sarpa-satrāt — from the snake sacrifice; uparataḥ — ceasing; pūjayām āsa — he worshiped; vāk-patim — Bṛhaspati, the master of eloquence.
Translation
Sūta Gosvāmī continued: Advised in this manner, Mahārāja Janamejaya replied, “So be it.” Honoring the words of the great sage, he desisted from performing the snake sacrifice and worshiped Bṛhaspati, the most eloquent of sages.