Thereupon the king commenced counting his own steps, and at the tenth step he was bit. Having thus bitten him, the snake soon assumed a speedy change, viz., his original form.
तत: संख्यातुमारब्धमदशद् दशमे पदे। तस्य दष्टस्य तद् रूपं क्षिप्रमन्तरधीयत॥