Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 40

Sanskrit:

विसृज्य तं च पप्रच्छ वत्स कस्माद्धि रोदिषि ।केन वा तेऽपकृतमित्युक्त: सन्यवेदयत् ॥ ४० ॥

ITRANS:

visṛjya taṁ ca papracchavatsa kasmād dhi rodiṣikena vā te ’pakṛtamity uktaḥ sa nyavedayat

Translation:

He threw the dead snake aside and asked his son why he was crying, whether anyone had done him harm. On hearing this, the son explained to him what had happened.

Purport:

The father did not take the dead snake on his neck very seriously. He simply threw it away. Actually there was nothing seriously wrong in Mahārāja Parīkṣit’s act, but the foolish son took it very seriously, and being influenced by Kali he cursed the King and thus ended a chapter of happy history.