Then Krishna and Partha, having touched water and having folded their palms and saluted the god having the bull of his emblem, approached those snakes.
ततः कृष्णश्च पार्थश्च संस्पृश्याम्भः कृताञ्जली। तौ नागावुपतस्थाते नमस्यन्तौ वृषध्वजम्॥