Madhava spoke Vasudeva then went there and took out the lizard and questioned it as who it was. The lizard said that it was the soul of king Nriga who had flourished in days of yore and who had celebrated many sacrifices.
माधव उवाच स वासुदेवेन समुद्धृतश्च पृष्टश्च कार्यं निजगाद राजा। नृगस्तदाऽऽत्मानमथो न्यवेदयत् पुरातनं यज्ञसहस्रयाजिनम्॥