> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://bhagavata.keshavaswami.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://bhagavata.keshavaswami.com/canto-01/s.l.a.p/p-pariksit-punished-16-19/pariksit-cursed.md). # Pariksit Cursed Suta Goswami next addresses the fourth question, regarding the renunciation of Maharaja Pariksit and his travelling to the Ganges. Once, while on a hunting expedition, Maharaja Pariksit felt fatigued, hungry and thirsty. He arrived at the hermitage of Samika Rishi, and when he entered, observed the sage sitting with closed eyes. When Maharaja Pariksit requested some water, the sage, completely absorbed in spiritual trance, failed to respond. Feeling insulted, Maharaja Pariksit picked up a lifeless snake with his bow and angrily placed it on the shoulder of the sage. Since Maharaja Pariksit was an advanced devotee who had control over his mind and senses, his uncharacteristically harsh reaction was clearly the arrangement of the Lord. When Srngi, the sage’s son, heard of this, he condemned the King as an upstart and impulsively cursed him: *“On the seventh day from today a snake-bird will bite the most wretched one of that dynasty \[Maharaja Pariksit].”* When he found out, Samika Rishi deeply regretted the impetuous reaction of his proud son and prayed to the Lord for forgiveness. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://bhagavata.keshavaswami.com/canto-01/s.l.a.p/p-pariksit-punished-16-19/pariksit-cursed.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.