Sauti said : The king, being willing to grant a boon to the Brahmana boy, said, "Ask from me a boon.” The Hota, being rather displeased at this, said, "Takshaka has not as yet come to this sacrifice.
सौतिरुवाच व्याहतुकामे वरदे नृपे द्विजं वरं वृणीष्वेति ततोऽभ्युवाच। होता वाक्यं नातिहष्टान्तरात्मा कर्मण्यस्मिंस्तक्षको नैति तावत्॥