Sauti said : O foremost of Brahma knowing men, the mother of the snakes, in the days of yore, cursed the Naga race, saying, "He whose charioteer is wind (Agni) will consume you at Janamejaya's sacrifice.
सौतिरुवाच मात्रा हि भुजगा: शप्ताः पूर्वं ब्रह्मविदांवर। जनमेजयस्य वो यज्ञे धक्ष्यत्यनिलसारथिः॥