The Naga said O you of sweet smiles, for whom have you taken that Brahmana? Is he really a human being or is he some god that has come here in the disguise of a Brahmana?
नाग उवाच अथ ब्राह्मणरूपेण कं तं समनुपश्यसि। मानुषं केवलं विप्रं देवं वाथ शुचिस्मिते॥