Vasuki said: O amiable sister, you know the object for which you were bestowed (on the Rishi,) If a son be born for the good of the snake race.
वासुकिरुवाच जानासि भद्रे यत्कार्यं प्रदाने कारणं च यत्। पन्नगानां हितार्थाय पुत्रस्ते स्यात्ततो यदि॥