Earlier it was believed that Sarpa dosham is an impious thing and only appeared in the birth charts of people who had bad karma in their last life. But as time rolled by, nowadays, the Sarpa dosham problem appears to be in the natal chart of many people. The word Sarpa dosham can be broken into two, for a more meaningful understanding. One is the Sarpa which means the snake or serpent. The second one is Dosham which means a fault or curse. When these two words are put together, it is absolutely needless to say that they don't mean anything positive and in a way means that something of great danger befalls on the life of the person who has this fault according to their natal chart.