(We can do this also); let one of the snakes by biting kill the persons, who will try to do good to the king and who will be wellacquainted with the rites of the Snake-sacrifice and who will be appointed as the sacrificial priest. And by his death, the sacrifice will not be completed.
अथवाऽयमुपाध्यायः क्रतोस्तस्य भविष्यति। सर्पसत्रविधानज्ञो राजकार्यहिते रतः॥ तं गत्वा दशतां कश्चिद् भुजङ्गः स मरिष्यति। तस्मिन्मृते यज्ञकारे क्रतुः स न भविष्यति॥