The palace, in which the king was living, blazed up with the poison of the snake. The ministers left it and fled in fear and the king fell down if struck by lightning.
ततस्तु ते तद्गृहग्निना वृतं प्रदीप्यमानं विषजेन भोगिनः। भयात्परित्यज्य दिश: प्रपेदिरे पपात राजाऽशनिताडितो यथा॥