Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 12, Chapter 06, Text 18

SB 12.6.18

apasyams taksakam tatra
 raja pariksito dvijan
uvaca taksakah kasman
 na dahyetoragadhamah
 
Translation: 
 
When King Janamejaya did not see Taksaka entering his sacrificial fire, he said to the brahmanas: Why is not Taksaka, the lowest of all serpents, burning in this fire?
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