Some there are amongst them whose touch resembles that of snakes of dreadful poison, and some whose bite resembles that of sharks. Some amongst them are capable of bringing about by words only the destruction of those that are opposed to them; and some are competent to destroy by a look only of their eyes.
सर्पस्पर्शसमाः केचित् तथान्ये मकरस्पृशः। विभाष्यघातिनः केचित् तथा चक्षुर्हणोऽपरे॥