There, in a mountain cave, Vrikodara coming across a very powerful serpent distressed with hunger and terrible like death itself, became afflicted at heart with sorrow and distraction.
तत्राससादातिबलं भुजङ्गं क्षुधादितं मृत्युमिवोग्ररूपम्। वृकोदरः पर्वतकन्दरायां विषादमोहव्यथितान्तरात्मा॥