Krisha

Shringi, a powerful but hot-tempered young sage, returns home after a divine audience. His friend Krisha greets him not with welcome, but with a taunt about his father carrying a carcass. The mockery strikes at Shringi's pride and provokes the rage that will soon be unleashed upon a king.

Shringi, the sage's son, hears a shocking rumor: his father is carrying a corpse. He demands the truth from his friend Krisha. Krisha narrates the incident—how a tired, frustrated King Parikshit placed a dead snake on the silent sage's shoulders.

Hearing how the king humiliated his silent father, Shringi’s rage ignites. He touches water and pronounces a fatal curse: within seven days, the serpent-king Takshaka will bite Parikshit dead. His father rebukes the rash act, but the words are already spoken, setting an irrevocable fate in motion.