"All the world will laugh at me saying, Takshaka had no poison any longer.” Certainly having thought so, he gratified the Brahmana.
तक्षकः संहतविषो लोके यास्यति हास्यताम्। विचिन्त्यैवं कृता तेन ध्रुवं तुष्टिर्द्विजस्य वै॥