Utanka said If, O Brahmana, the ear-rings be not recovered by me from the regions of the Nagas, I shall renounce my life-breaths before your eyes, O foremost of twice-born persons.
उत्तङ्क उवाच नागलोके यदि ब्रह्मन् न शक्ये कुण्डले मया। प्राप्तुं प्राणान् विमोक्ष्यामि पश्यतस्तु द्विजोत्तम॥