Ruru said : O best of snakes, why were you cursed by an angry Brahmana? And how long will your this body continue?
रुरुरुवाच किमर्थं शप्तवान्क्रुद्धो द्विजस्त्वां भुजगोत्तम। कियन्तं चैव कालं ते वपुरेतद्भविष्यति॥