Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3083

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2) Takṣaka and Parīkṣit. In his boyhood Takṣaka went out from the family. The reason was a curse by his mother. Once Kadrū and Vinatā, another wife of Kaśyapa, entered into a controversy regarding the colour of the hair of the tail of the horse Uccaiśśravas. Kadrū said, it was black and Vinatā said it was white. It was decided that she who lost the wager should become the servant of the other. That night Kadrū called her children and asked them to go and hang on the tail of the horse so that it should appear black. Some of the righteous children opposed this deceitful attempt of their mother and refused to go. Kadrū cursed them saying that they would be burnt to death at the Sarpasatra of Janamejaya. Kadrū sent those children out from home and Takṣaka became their leader.