O best of the snakes, when that curse was uttered, I lay in fear, crouching on my mother's lap. O best of the snakes, O Lord, O snake of great splendour, I heard from that place the sorrowing gods speaking to the Grandsire saying,
अहं शापे समुत्सृष्टे समश्रौषं वचस्तदा। मातुरुत्संगमारूढो भयात्पन्नगसत्तमाः॥ देवानां पन्नगश्रेष्ठास्तीक्ष्णास्तीक्ष्णा इति प्रभो। पितामहमुपागम्य दुःखार्तानां महायुते॥