Shloka 11
आदि पर्व, अध्याय ३८ — शमीक-उपदेशः, शाप-संदेशः, तक्षक-प्रसङ्गः (Śamīka’s counsel, the curse-message, and Takṣaka’s approach)
यन्निमित्तं च भविता मोक्षस्तेषां महाभयात् । पन्नगानां निबोधध्वं तस्मिन् काले समागते,वह समय आनेपर सर्पोंका उस महान् भयसे जिस निमित्तसे छुटकारा होगा, उसे बतलाता हूँ, तुम सब लोग सुनो
yan-nimittaṃ ca bhavitā mokṣas teṣāṃ mahābhayāt | pannagānāṃ nibodhadhvaṃ tasmin kāle samāgate ||
Śeṣa said: “Listen carefully, O serpents. I will tell you the very cause by which, when the destined time arrives, you will obtain release from that great terror.”
शेष उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames deliverance as arising from a specific cause that becomes effective when the proper time arrives. Ethically, it highlights attentive listening to wise counsel and the idea that fear can be overcome through foreknown means aligned with kāla (the unfolding of events).
Śeṣa addresses the serpents and announces that he will explain the reason by which they will later be freed from a looming great danger, urging them to listen as the destined time approaches.