The Naga said The object that brought you here is still in your mind, for you have not as yet given it out to me. Where then will you go? Tell me, O twice-born one, what should be done by me, and what that object is which brought you here.
नाग उवाच अनुक्त्वा हृद्गतं कार्यं क्वेदानीं प्रस्थितौ भवान्। उच्यदां द्विज यत् कार्यं यदर्थं त्वमिहागतः॥