O Janamejaya, your father, having heard these terrible words, took every precaution against the powerful snake Takshaka.
श्रुत्वा च तद्वचो घोरं पिता ते जनमेजय॥ यत्तोऽभवत्परित्रस्तस्तक्षकात्पन्नगोत्तमात्।