Shaunaka said : O son of Suta, you have told us why the snakes were cursed by their mother; and why Vinata also cursed her son.
शौनक उवाच भुजंगमानां शापस्य मात्रा चैव सुतेन च। विनतायास्त्वया प्रोक्तं कारणं सूतनन्दन॥