Indra, being much pleased, told him, “0 i Takshaka, o king of the snakes, you have nothing to fear here from the snake-sacrifice.
तमिन्द्रः प्राह सुप्रीतो न तवास्तीह तक्षक। भयं नागेन्द्र तस्माद्वै सर्पसत्रात्कदाचन॥