On account of the great agitation, received at the hands of the celestials, black vapours with flames issued from the mouth of the Naga Vasuki.
वासुकेरथ नागस्य सहसाक्षिप्यतः सुरैः। सधूमाः सार्चिधो वाता निष्पेतुरसकृन्मुखात्॥