Sauti said: Having heard the words that fell from the snakes and also what fell from Vasuki, Elapatra addressed them thus.
सौतिरुवाच सर्पाणां तु वचः श्रुत्वा सर्वेषामिति चेति च। वासुकेश्च वचः श्रुत्वा एलापत्रोऽब्रवीदिदम्॥