Having approached an open ground, free from the fire, Nala was desirous of leaving him, whereupon the Naga (king of the snakes) again said to him:
आकाशदेशमासाद्य विमुक्तं कृष्णवर्मना। उत्स्रष्टुकामं तं नागः पुन: कर्कोटकोऽब्रवीत्॥