That snake belonged to the race of Airavata. Promptly he took up the ear-rings in his mouth and then entered an ant-hill. Seeing the ear-rings taken by that snake, Utanka, filled with anger and in great anxiety of mind, came down from the tree. Taking his staff he began to pierce that ant-hill.
ऐरावतकुलोद्भूतः शीघ्रो भूत्वा तदा हि सः॥ विदश्यास्येन वल्मीकं विवेशाथ स कुण्डले। ह्रियमाणे तु दृष्ट्वा स कुण्डले भुजगेन ह॥ पपात वृक्षात् सोद्वेगो दुःखात् परमकोपनः। स दण्डकाष्ठमादाय वल्मीकमखनत् तदा॥