But the Rishi, being then under the vow of silence, did not make any reply. Thereupon the king, becoming angry, placed the snake on his shoulder, taking it up with the end of his bow.
स च मौनव्रतोयेतो नैवं तं प्रत्यभाषत। तस्य राजा धनुष्कोट्या सर्प स्कन्धे समासजत्॥