Thereupon the snake reflected, saying. “The king must be deceived by me by my Maya (power of delusion). But what must be the means?"
सौतिरुवाच स चिन्तयामास तदा मायायोगेन पार्थिवः। मया वञ्चयितव्योऽसौ क उपायो भवेदिति॥