The Brahmana said O highly blessed Naga, I have come here, actuated by the desire of seeing you! I have come here, ignorant as I am with all things, for asking you about something, O snake!
ब्राह्मण उवाच आगतोऽहं महाभाग तव दर्शनलालसः। कंचिदर्थमनर्थज्ञः प्रष्टुकामो भुजङ्गम्॥