Takshaka said: O Brahmana, I am that very Takshaka. Why do you wish to revive the king bitten by me? Behold my wonderful power. You are incapable of reviving the king bitten by me." Having said this, Takshaka there and then bit a lord of the forest (a banian tree).
तक्षक उवाच किमर्थं तं मया दष्टं संजीवयितुमिच्छसि। अहं स तक्षको ब्रह्मन्पश्य मे वीर्यमद्भुतम्॥ न शक्तस्त्वं मया दष्टं तं संजीवयितुं नृपम्। इत्युक्त्वा तक्षकस्तत्र सोऽदशद्वै वनस्पतिम्॥