"Is there any one who possesses a longer life than you?" Having been thus addressed, it said, “Yes, there is a lake called Indradhyumna; in it lives a crane named Nadijangha. He is older than we. You can ask him," Thereupon Indradhyumna taking both myself and the owl went to the lake where Nadijangha lived.
अथास्ति कश्चिद् भवतः सकाशाच्चिरजात इति स एवमुक्तोऽब्रवीदस्ति खल्विन्द्रद्युम्नं नाम सरस्तस्मिन् नाडीजलो नाम बकः प्रतिवसति सोऽस्मत्तश्चिरजाततरस्तं पृच्छेति तत इन्द्रद्युम्नो मां चोलूकमादाय तत् सरोऽगच्छद् यत्रासौ नाडीजचो नाम बको बभूव॥