Thereupon the snake, Karkotaka, consoling him, spoke to Nala: "I have wrought this change of your beauty for the reason that the people will not recognise you."
ततः कर्कोटको नागः सान्त्वयन् नलमब्रवीत्। मया तेऽन्तर्हितं रूपं न त्वां विद्युर्जना इति॥